NAME

plumb - send message to plumber

SYNOPSIS

plumb [ -s src ] [ -d dest ] [ -w wdir ] [ -t type ] [ -a name value ] [ -i ] data ...

DESCRIPTION

Plumb sends a message to the plumber, plumber (8), which is normally started by wm (1)'s start up script.

The options and arguments are used as components of the message. See plumbing (6) for their interpretation. The options are:

-s src

Set the source to src (default: unspecified).

-d dest

Set the destination to dest (default: unspecified).

-w wdir

Set the working directory to wdir (default: current directory as reported by pwd (1) or workdir (2)).

-t type

Set the type of data to type (default: text)

-a name value

Include an attribute `name=value'; there can be more than one.

-i

Take the data from the standard input not from the argument strings. If an action attribute is not otherwise specified, plumb will add an action=showdata attribute to the message.

The remaining arguments are sent, separated by spaces, as the data of the message. The plumber will apply its rules to the resulting message to decide how to route it.

FILES

/chan/plumb.input

plumber (8) input channel

SOURCE

/appl/cmd/plumb.b

SEE ALSO

plumbmsg (2), plumbing (6), plumber (8)