1 .TH SRV 4
2 .SH NAME
3 srv, 9fs \- start network file esrvice
4 .SH SYNOPSIS
5 .B srv
6 [
7 .B -a
8 ]
9 [
10 .B -k
11 .I keypattern
12 ]
13 .I address
14 [
15 .I srvname
16 ]
17 .PP
18 .B 9fs
19 .I system
20 .SH DESCRIPTION
21 .I Srv
22 dials the given address and initializes the connection to serve the 9P protocol.
23 It then posts the resulting connection in the current name space 
24 (see
25 .IR intro (4))
26 as
27 .I srvname 
28 (default
29 .IR address ).
30 .PP
31 The
32 .B -a
33 option causes
34 .I srv
35 to post a pre-authenticated connection to the file system
36 .I aname
37 (by default, the empty string;
38 see
39 .IR attach (9p)).
40 .I Srv
41 authenticates over the 9P connection to establish a valid auth fid.
42 .IR Keypattern ,
43 if specified, is used to select the key used for authentication.
44 Client attach requests are rewritten to use the specified
45 .I aname
46 and auth fid.
47 .PP
48 The
49 .I 9fs
50 command executes the
51 .I srv
52 necessary to make available the files of 
53 .IR system .
54 .PP
55 .I 9fs
56 recognizes some special names,
57 such as
58 .B sources
59 to make the file server
60 .I sources.cs.bell-labs.com
61 available as service
62 .IR sources .
63 .I 9fs
64 is an
65 .IR rc (1)
66 script; examine it to see what local conventions apply.
67 .SH SOURCE
68 .B \*9/src/cmd/srv.c
69 .br
70 .B \*9/bin/9fs
71 .SH "SEE ALSO
72 .IR dial (3),
73 .IR intro (4),
74 .IR netfiles (1)