TH WALK 5
SH NAME
walk \- descend a directory hierarchy
SH SYNOPSIS
ta \w'\fLTwalk 'u
B
Twalk
IR tag [2]
IR fid [2]
IR name [28]
br
B
Rwalk
IR tag [2]
IR fid [2]
IR qid [8]
SH DESCRIPTION
The
B walk
request looks for the file
I name
in the directory represented by
IR fid .
PP
For the
B walk
to succeed, the file identified by
I fid
must be a directory,
and the implied user of the request must have permission
to search the directory (see
IR intro (5)).
PP
After a successful
BR walk ,
I fid
represents the specified file.
The
I qid
for the new file is returned with the
B walk
reply message.
PP
A
B walk
of the name
B ..
in the root directory of a server is a no-op.
SH ENTRY POINTS
A call to
IR chdir (2)
causes a
BR walk .
One or more
B walk
messages may be generated by
any of the following calls, which evaluate file names:
IR bind ,
IR create ,
IR exec ,
IR mount ,
IR open ,
IR remove ,
IR stat ,
IR unmount ,
IR wstat .
The file name element
B .
(dot) is interpreted locally and
is not transmitted in
B walk
messages.
