is specified, will post a service file descriptor in
.BR /srv/\fIservice .
.PP
-If the enviroment variable
+If the environment variable
.B httpproxy
is set, all HTTP request initiated by
.I webfs
-will be made thru that proxy url.
+will be made through that proxy url.
.PP
.I Webfs
presents a three-level file system suggestive
.I realm
using HTTP Basic authentication. This will cause
.I webfs
-to preemtively send the resulting authorization information
+to preemptively send the resulting authorization information
not waiting for the server to respond with an
HTTP 401 Unauthorized status.
.PP
are interpreted.
Once the URL has been set by writing to the
.B ctl
-file of the connetcion, its pieces can be retrieved via
+file of the connection, its pieces can be retrieved via
individual files in the
.B parsed
directory:
.PP
When the
.B body
-file has been opend, response headers appear
+file has been opened, response headers appear
as files in the connection directory. For example
reading the
.B contenttype
file yields the MIME content type of the body data.
-If the request was redirected, the URL represended
+If the request was redirected, the URL represented
by the
.B parsed
directory will change to the final destination.
Sets the MIME content type of the postbody.
.TP
.B request
-Usualy, the HTTP method used is
+Usually, the HTTP method used is
.B POST
when
.B postbody
file is opend first or
.B GET
-otherwise. This can be overriden with the
+otherwise. This can be overridden with the
.B request
attribute so send arbitrary HTTP requests.
.TP
should be running and mounted on
.B /mnt/webcookies
otherwise cookies will be ignored.
+.SH HISTORY
+.I Webfs
+first appeared in Plan 9 from Bell Labs. It was
+rewritten from scratch for 9front (January, 2012).