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From: Marc Boschma <marc@boschma.cx>
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Date: Sat,  2 Jan 2016 20:59:14 +1100
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To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net>
Subject: Re: [9fans] bonjour mDNS?
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That makes perfect sense=E2=80=A6

So dns(1) should probably be patched then=E2=80=A6?


Marc

> On 2 Jan 2016, at 8:21 pm, Steve Simon <steve@quintile.net> wrote:
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> that would not work, because of how dns(1) presents its interface.
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> if the file server presented a directory of files then you can merge =
them.
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> however dns has a single file that you open, write a request to, and =
then later
> read a reply from.
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> in this later form you merge the directories you just have two request =
files,
> rather than one request file which offers the service of moth files.
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> I am not sure I have explained this very well, I hope you understand.
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> -Steve
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