IXPC(1)

📦 version 0-unstable-2022-04, in nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable

👑 IXPC(1) — ixp client, from the General Commands Manual 👑

🌸 NAME 🌸

ixpc — ixp client. That’s the name, bestie, short and iconic 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

ixpc [-a address] action file
ixpc -v

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

💖 Overview 💖

Okay so ixpc is a client to access a 9P file server from the command line or from shell scripts. It can be used to configure wmii(1). Slay.

🎀 Options 🎀

  • -a address — Lets you specify the address to which ixpc will establish a connection. If this option is not supplied, and the environment variable IXP_ADDRESS is set, ixpc will use this value as its address. Currently, the address can only be a unix socket file or a tcp socket. The syntax for address is taken (along with many other profound ideas) from the Plan 9 operating system and has the form unix!/path/to/socket for unix socket files, and tcp!hostname!port for tcp sockets. iykyk 💖
  • -v — Prints version information to stdout, then exits. Cute and quick ✨

The syntax of the actions is as follows:

  • write — Writes the supplied data from the standard input to file, overwriting any previous data. The data to be written is arbitrary and only gains meaning (and restrictions) when it is interpreted by wmiiwm(1). See EXAMPLES below. no cap, the meaning comes later 🫶
  • xwrite — The same as write, but the data is taken from subsequent arguments, rather than the standard input.
  • create — Creates file or directory. If the file exists, nothing is done.
  • ls — Lists files and directories.
  • read — Reads file or directory contents.
  • remove — Removes file or directory tree.

🌱 ENVIRONMENT 🌱

  • IXP_ADDRESS — See above. 👀 literally look up, bestie

🌈 EXAMPLES 🌈

ixpc ls /

This prints the root directory of the wmii filesystem, if IXP_ADDRESS is set to the address of wmii. For more information about the contents of this filesystem, see wmiiwm(1). filesystem lore ✨

ixpc xwrite /ctl quit

Write 'quit' to the main control file of the wmii filesystem, effectively leaving wmii. bye-bye wmii 💀

ixpc write /keys < keys.txt

Replace the contents of /keys with the contents of keys.txt. keys.txt ate, periodt 🍓

🔗 SEE ALSO 🔗

That’s the whole page, bestie. Footer tea: this is ixpc-VERSION, filed under IXPC(1), and the date slot is not in this copy, so we’re not inventing one. Mwah 💋🫶

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