| intro | intro - introduction to the Inferno File Protocol, Styx | 
| attach | attach, auth - messages to establish a connection | 
| clunk | clunk - forget about a fid | 
| error | error - return an error | 
| flush | flush - abort a message | 
| open | open, create - prepare a fid for I/O on an existing or new file | 
| read | read, write - transfer data from and to a file | 
| remove | remove - remove a file from a server | 
| stat | stat, wstat - inquire or change file attributes | 
| version | version - negotiate protocol version | 
| walk | walk - descend a directory hierarchy |