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.TH INTRO 4
.SH NAME
intro \- introduction to file servers
.SH DESCRIPTION
A Plan 9
.I "file server"
provides a file tree to processes.
This section of the manual describes servers than can be
mounted in a name space to give a file-like interface to interesting services.
A file server may be a provider of a conventional file system,
with files maintained on permanent storage,
or it may also be a process that synthesizes files in some manner.
.SH SEE ALSO
.IR bind (1)