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wmiir(1)		     General Commands Manual			wmiir(1)

NAME
     wmiir - The wmii 9P filesystem client

SYNOPSIS
     wmiir [-a <address>] {create | ls [-dlp] | read | remove | write} <file>

     wmiir [-a <address>] xwrite <file> <data> ...

     wmiir -v

DESCRIPTION
     wmiir  is a simple 9P filesystem client which ships with wmii, and connects
     to its virtual filesystem by default. wmiir is most often used to query and
     issue commands to wmii, both from the command line and  from  its	sh-based
     configuration scripts.

ARGUMENTS
     -a     The address at which to connect to wmii.

COMMANDS
     create <file>
	    Creates  a	new file or directory in the filesystem. Permissions and
	    file type are inferred by wmii. The contents of the  standard  input
	    are written to the new file.

     ls [-dlp] <path>
	    Lists the contents of <path>.

	    Flags:

	     -d     Don't list the contents of directories.

	     -l     Long  output.  For	each  file, list its permissions, owner,
		    group, size (bytes), mtime, and name.

	     -p     Print the full path to each file.

     read <file>
	    Reads the entire contents of a file from the filesystem. Blocks  un-
	    til interrupted or EOF is received.

	    Synonyms: cat

     remove <path>
	    Removes <path> from the filesystem.

	    Synonyms: rm

     write <file>
	    Writes the contents of the standard input to <file>.

     xwrite <file> <data> ...
	    Writes each argument after <file> to the latter.

ENVIRONMENT
     $WMII_ADDRESS
	    The address at which to connect to wmii.

     $NAMESPACE
	    The namespace directory to use if no address is provided.

SEE ALSO
     wmii(1), libixp[2]

     [1] http://www.suckless.org/wiki/wmii/tips/9p_tips

     [2] http://libs.suckless.org/libixp

wmii-3.9.2			    Oct, 2009				wmiir(1)

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