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Plumber (program)
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The '''plumber''', in the [[Plan 9 from Bell Labs]] and [[Inferno (operating system)|Inferno]] operating systems, is a mechanism for reliable [[unicast|uni]]- or [[multicast]] [[inter-process communication]] of formatted textual messages.  It uses the Plan 9 network file protocol, [[9P (protocol)|9P]], rather than a special-purpose IPC mechanism.

(contracted; show full)==External links==
*{{man|1|plumb|Plan 9}}
*{{man|2|plumb|Plan 9}}
*{{man|4|plumber|Plan 9}}
*{{man|6|plumb|Plan 9}}
*[http://doc.cat-v.org/plan_9/4th_edition/papers/plumb "Plumbing and Other Utilities"] by [[Rob Pike]]
*[http://swtch.com/plan9port A port of plumber to Unix-like operating systems]
*[http://sqweek.net/code/misc/urxvt-plumb Plumbing extension for urxvt]
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*[https://www.a1plumbersbristol.co.uk/ "Plumbing and Other Services"] by [[Mehwish]]

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[[Category:Plan 9 from Bell Labs]]
[[Category:Inferno (operating system)]]
[[Category:Free special-purpose file systems]]


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