remote(4)remote(4)NAMEremote - Remote host description file
SYNOPSIS
/etc/remote
DESCRIPTION
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 sin‐
gle 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
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 deci‐
mal number. The default baud rate is 300 baud. (str) An initial con‐
nection 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 pri‐
marily to share common capability information.
EXAMPLES
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
RELATED INFORMATION
Commands: tip(1).
Files: acucap(4), phones(4). delim off delim off
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