SKELFS(4) SKELFS(4)
NAME
skelfs - build directory skeletons
SYNOPSIS
skelfs [ -i ] [ -t mode ] [ -s service ] [ mnt ]
DESCRIPTION
Skelfs generates directory skeletons to assist in building
namespaces. Skeletons are generated on demand by walking
through the root directory. A skeleon is a directory con-
taining a single empty child. The name of this child is
defined by the first walk taken away from the root. For
example the hierarchy for a skeleton named 'echo' would be:
/
/echo/
/echo/echo
The mode dictates what form the innermost child file takes.
The file and dir modes cause the child to be an empty file
or directory respecively. The empty mode instead serves no
skeletons, causing the root directory to always be empty. A
client may override the mode by providing its own selection
as an attach option. If a mode is not provided, file is
assumed.
The skeletons generated by skelfs are anonmyous. Clients
will never see the skeletons of other clients, nor can a
client revisit a previous skeleton.
SEE ALSO
auth/box in auth(8).
SOURCE
/sys/src/cmd/skelfs.c