.TH PLUMB 1
.SH NAME
plumb \- send message to plumber
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B plumb
[
.B -p
.I plumbfile
] [
.B -a
.I attributes
] [
.B -s
.I source
] [
.B -d
.I destination
] [
.B -t
.I type
] [
.B -w
.I directory
]
.B -i
|
.I data...
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.I plumb
command formats and sends a plumbing message whose data
is, by default, the concatenation of the argument strings separated by blanks.
The options are:
.TP
.B -p
write the message to
.I plumbfile
(default
.BR /mnt/plumb/send ).
.TP
.B -a
set the
.B attr
field of the message (default is empty).
.TP
.B -s
set the
.B src
field of the message (default is
.BR plumb ).
.TP
.B -d
set the
.B dst
field of the message (default is empty).
.TP
.B -t
set the
.B type
field of the message (default is
.BR text ).
.TP
.B -w
set the
.B wdir
field of the message (default is the current working directory of
.IR plumb ).
.TP
.B -i
take the data from standard input rather than the argument strings.
If an
.B action=
attribute is not otherwise specified,
.I plumb
will add an
.B action=showdata
attribute to the message.
.SH FILES
.TF /usr/$user/lib/plumbing
.TP
.B /usr/$user/lib/plumbing
default rules file
.TP
.B /mnt/plumb
mount point for
.IR plumber (4).
.SH SOURCE
.B /sys/src/cmd/plumb
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IR plumb (2),
.IR plumber (4),
.IR plumb (6)