.TH MPIPEFS 4 .SH NAMEexecfs \- execution initiation mechanism for proc .SH SYNOPSIS.B execfs[.B -D][.I mnt] .B execcmd[.I srv-ctl] .SH DESCRIPTION.PPexecfs provides a clone file for the node's proc file system toenable you to start applications via the file system namespace(and therefor from remote nodes)..PPEvery time the.I clonefile is opened a new process is started and pipes for stdin, stdout andstderr are bound into its.IR proc (3)entry.It will snoop control messages sent to the open clone file descriptorfor commands it recognizes and pass others on to the ctl file of the placeholder process in .IR proc (3). There is currently only a single command supported by .I execfs:.RS.TP.B "exec $cmd $args"will execute $cmd with $args as its arguments..REIn the future additional commands may be added..PP.I execcmdis the proxy command initially run when the user opens clone.It is passed a path to a pipe which has been posted in.IR srv (3),which is used to control commands form the initially openedclone file.  It is not intended to be used in a stand-alone fashion..SH "SEE ALSO".IR proc (3).IR srv (3).SH SOURCE.B /sys/src/cmd/execfs.c.nf.B /sys/src/cmd/execcmd.c