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Subject: Re: [9fans] searchfs
From: Russ Cox <rsc@swtch.com>
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> you need to read and write the same file descriptor. =C2=A0(i'm
> not sure why i would use this instead of grep, even for http
> queries.) =C2=A0<>[fd] is rc syntax for opening a file for r/w.
> here's an example of opening fd 3 rw, then sending the
> query into that fd and reading the results back:

for interactive playing, it is easier to use

% aux/rdwr /n/search/search
> search=3Deat&
...

though maybe the trailing newline would cause trouble.

see /sys/src/cmd/ip/httpd/netlib_find.c for a real client.

russ