execnet - network interface to program execution execnet [ -n name ] [ netdir ] Execnet presents a network protocol directory (see, for example, ip (3)) called netdir / name (default /net/exec ).

Once the protocol directory exists, dialing (see dial (2)) strings of the form name ! cmd will connect to a newly executed instance of cmd .

Execnet can be used to connect to instances of u9fs (4) running on other hosts: .EX g% execnet g% srv -m 'exec!ssh ny start-u9fs' ny /n/ny This example assumes that the remote command start-u9fs executed on ny will start u9fs appropriately. For example, it might be: .EX ny% cat start-u9fs #!/bin/sh u9fs -na none -u $USER -l $HOME/tmp/u9fs.log ny% See the u9fs (4) man page for more information. /sys/src/cmd/execnet dial (2), ip (3), u9fs (4) Almost certainly: execnet has only been tested as in the example shown.