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.TH MNTGEN 4
.SH NAME
mntgen \- dynamically generate mount points
.SH SYNOPSIS
.BI "mount {mntgen} " dir
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I Mntgen
serves 9P on its standard input, providing a name space containing a
single directory that is initially empty, but in which a subdirectory name appears when
is first referenced, and remains only as long as it is needed (referenced).
.I Mntgen
is typically mounted on a directory
.I dir
using
.I mount
(see
.IR bind (1))
as above.
.I Dir
is commonly
.B /n
or
.BR /mnt ,
to generate mount points on demand for file systems or services.
.SH SOURCE
.B /appl/cmd/mntgen.b
.SH SEE ALSO
.IR intro (1),
.IR bind (1),
.IR intro (5)