NAME

	snarf – shared clipboard file system

SYNOPSIS

	o/snarf [ –abcd ] [ –m mnt ] ...

DESCRIPTION

Snarf is a file server that mounts itself above /chan to intercept I/O to /chan/snarf and maintain a shared clipboard. But note that it does not bind above /dev (so that /dev/snarf still refers to the local clipboard). The program assumes that snarf(3) is already bound if needed. The clipboard is kept at /mnt/snarf/buffer which is expected to be a file shared among the cooperating machines. When /chan/snarf is written snarf updates the shared clipboard and the local one and then posts an event to ports(4) with the string /mnt/snarf/buffer to let others know of the update. When snarf receives such event it reads the shared clipboard and updates the local one. Flag –m can be used to ask snarf to mount itself at mnt. Options –abc determine the mount flag, as in bind(1). Flag –d is used to debug the program, and makes it very verbose.

SOURCE

	/usr/octopus/port/snarf.b

SEE ALSO

	snarf(3)