.TH EXECNET 4
.SH NAME
execnet \- network interface to program execution
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B execnet
[
.B -n
.I name
]
[
.B netdir
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Execnet
presents a network protocol directory
(see, for example,
.IR ip (3))
called
.IB netdir / name
(default
.BR /net/exec ).
.PP
Once the protocol directory exists, dialing
(see
.IR dial (2))
strings of
the form
.IB name ! cmd
will connect to a newly executed instance of
.IR cmd .
.SH SOURCE
.B /sys/src/cmd/execnet
.SH "SEE ALSO
.IR dial (2),
.IR ip (3)