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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)