remote - Remote host description file
/etc/remote
The /etc/remote file stores in an ASCII file, remote system
attributes known by tip. Each line in the file provides
a description for a single system. Fields are separated
by colons (:). Lines ending in a backslash (\) followed
immediately by a newline character are continued on
the next line.
The first entry is the names of the host system. If there
is more than one name for a system, the names are separated
by vertical bars. After the name of the system
comes the fields of the description. A field name followed
by an equal sign (=) indicates a string value follows.
A field name followed by a number sign (#) indicates
a following numeric value.
Capabilities are either strings (str), numbers (num), or
Boolean flags (bool). A string capability is of the form:
capability=value
An example is: dv=/dev/harris
A numeric capability is of the form: capability#value
An example is: xa#99
A Boolean capability is specified simply by listing it.
The following are available capabilities: (str) Autocall
unit type. This string is what is searched for in
/etc/acucap to decide if the generic dialer is to be used.
For more information, see acucap(4). (num) The baud rate
used in establishing a connection to the remote host.
This is a decimal number. The default baud rate is 300
baud. (str) An initial connection message to be sent to
the remote host. For example, if a host is reached
through port selector, this might be set to the appropriate
sequence required to switch to the host. (str) Call
unit if making a phone call. Default is the same as the
dv field. (str) Disconnect message sent to the host when
a disconnect is requested by the user. (bool) This host
is on a dial-up line. (str) UNIX devices to open to
establish a connection. If this file refers to a terminal
line, tip attempts to perform an exclusive open on the
device to ensure only one user at a time has access to the
port. (str) Characters marking an end-of-line. The
default is NULL. Tilde (~) escapes are recognized by tip
only after one of the characters in el, or after a carriage-return.
(str) Frame size for transfers. The
default frame size is equal to BUFSIZ. (bool) The host
uses half-duplex communication; local echo should be performed.
(str) Input end-of-file marks. The default is
NULL. (str) Output end-of-file string. The default is
NULL. When tip is transferring a file, this string is
sent at end-of-file. (str) The type of parity to use when
sending data to the host. The type can be one of even,
odd, none, zero (always set bit 8 to zero), or 1 (always
set bit 8 to 1). The default is none. (str) Telephone
numbers for this host. If the telephone number field contains
an @ sign, tip searches the file /etc/phones file
for a list of telephone numbers. For more information,
see phones(4). (str) Indicates that the list of capabilities
is continued in the named description. This is used
primarily to share common capability information.
Here is a short example showing the use of the capability
continuation feature: UNIX-1200:\
:dv=/dev/ttyd0:el=^D^U^C^S^Q^O:\
:du:at=df112:ie=#$%:oe=^D:br#1200: ourvax|ox:\
:pn=7654321:tc=UNIX-1200
Commands: tip(1).
Files: acucap(4), phones(4). delim off delim off
remote(4)
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