try ./read time
a better choice is "cl" client, which lets you navigate the namespace the file server is serving. the -d flag lets you see what is being passed around. $ ../../srv/examples/timefs & [1] 3681 $ ./read time Sun Sep 4 22:32:00 PDT 2011$ $ ./cl 9p> ls time inftime 9p> cat time Sun Sep 4 22:32:12 PDT 20119p> 9p> exiting... $ here's how the plan9port's 9p utility can be used: % 9p -a tcp!localhost!5640 ls inftime time % 9p -a tcp!localhost!5640 read time Sun Sep 4 22:32:34 PDT 2011% -Skip On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 9:44 PM, s s <leonardne...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 9:03 PM, Skip Tavakkolian >> <skip.tavakkol...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> ... >>> go9p (Go) >>> >>> ... >>> >>> -Skip > > > Compiled and ran go9p/p/srv/examples/timefs.go. > > Compiled and ran go9p/p/clnt/examples/read.go. > > Output was ... > > 2011/09/05 00:40:13 invalid arguments > > Success? > > - Leonard > > >