-->"erik" == erik quanstrom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: erik> the format for a dial string is proto!server!port. erik> e.g. tcp!atlas.coraid.com!http. going with your style this erik> would be
erik> 9p://tcp!localhost!service/my/path erik> a more regular name would be erik> 9p://tcp/localhost/service/my/path the relevant specification is RFC-3986, and especially section 3. SLP (RFC-2608) gives an example of existing practice using a form like 9p:tcp://hostname/service/my/path Subversion uses svn+ssh://hostname/my/path which appears at a quick read to be "better" than SLP's format from the point of view of RFC-3986 ... d
