NAME

plumb − send message to plumber

SYNOPSIS

­plumb [ -s src ] [ -d dest ] [ -D dir ] [ -k kind ] [ -a name value ] ­data ... 

DESCRIPTION

­Plumb sends a message to the plumber, plumber(8), which is normally started by wm(1)’s start up script.

The options and arguments are used as components of the message.  See plumbing(6) for their interpretation. The options are:

-s src Set the source to ­src (default: unspecified). 

-d dest
Set the destination to ­dest (default: unspecified). 

-D dir Set the directory to ­dir (default: current directory as reported by pwd(1) or workdir(2)).

-k kind
Set the kind of data to ­kind (default: text)

-a name value
Include an attribute ‘name=value’; there can be more than one.

The remaining arguments are sent, separated by spaces, as the ­data of the message.  The plumber will apply its rules to the resulting message to decide how to route it. 

FILES

­/chan/plumb.input
plumber(8) input channel

SOURCE

­/appl/cmd/plumb.b

SEE ALSO

plumbmsg(2), plumbing(6), plumber(8)

Plan 9  —  June 07, 2000