Notes from Plan 9 Bootcamp

Commands

• Add path items to another path

  	bind -a /usr/glenda/bin/scripts /bin
  

• Use ftp

  	ftpfs -a ftp@ftp.sdf.org ftp.sdf.org
  	cd /n/ftp/pub/sdf/plan9
  

• Directly write to /bin for instance in current rc window through /n/boot:

  	mount -c /srv/boot /n/boot
  	

• CTRL+F for autocomplete in rc
• SSH

  	vt
  	ssh
  	

  Also one can use ssh keys, see fqa and sshfs foo@sdf.org makes files available via /n/ssh

Useful tools

• Drawterm to connect to Plan 9: github.com/0intro/drawterm

  	git clone https://github.com/0intro/drawterm.git
  	cd drawterm
  	CONF=osx-x11 make
  	./drawterm -a 192.0.2.123 -c 192.0.2.123 -u glenda -r /Users/foo/src/bar
  		

• Drawterm with recent additions (9front): https://code.9front.org/hg/drawterm

  	hg clone https://code.9front.org/hg/drawterm
  	cd drawterm
  	CONF=osx-x11 make
  	PASS=123456 drawterm -a 192.0.2.123 -h 192.0.2.123 -u glenda -r /Users/foo/src/bar -p
  		

  Starts drawterm with always available "aan", sharing /Users/foo/src/bar through /mnt/term
• gfetch