SNARF(4) SNARF(4)
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 clip-
board. 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 clip-
board 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)