remote(4) remote(4)NAME remote - remote host description file SYNOPSIS /etc/remote DESCRIPTION The systems known by tip(1C) and their attributes are stored in an ASCII file which is structured somewhat like the termcap(4) file. Each line in the file provides a descrip- tion for a single system. Fields are separated by a colon (:). Lines ending in a \ character with a newline immedi- ately following are continued on the next line. The first entry is the name(s) of the host system. If there is more than one name for a system, the names are separated by vertical bars. Following the name of the system are the fields of the description. A field name followed by an = sign indicates that a string value follows. A field name followed by a # sign indicates a following numeric value. Entries named tip* and cu* are used as default entries by tip, and the cu interface to tip, as follows: When tip is invoked with only a telephone number, it looks for an entry of the form tip300, where 300 is the baud rate with which the connection is to be made; when the cu interface is used, entries of the form cu300 are used. CAPABILITIES Capabilities are either strings (str), numbers (num), or boolean flags (bool). A string capability is specified by capability=value; for example, dv=/dev/harris. A numeric capability is specified by capability#value; for example, xa#99. A boolean capability is specified by simply listing the capability. at (str) Auto call unit type. br (num) The baud used in establishing a connection to the remote host. This is a decimal number and the default is 300 baud. cm (str) An initial connection message to be sent to the remote host. For example, if a host is reached through a port selector, this might be set to the appropriate sequence required to switch to the host. cu (str) Call unit if making a telephone call. Default is the same as the dv field. di (str) Disconnect message sent to the host when a disconnect is requested by the user. April, 1990 1
remote(4) remote(4)du (bool) This host is on a dialup line. dv (str) Device(s) to open to establish a connection. If this file refers to a terminal line, tip(1C) attempts to perform an exclusive open on the device to insure that only one user at a time has access to the port. el (str) Characters marking an end-of-line. The default is NULL. The character ~ escapes are only recognized by tip after one of the characters in el, or after a return. fs (str) Frame size for transfers. The default frame size is equal to BUFSIZ. hd (bool) The host uses half-duplex communication; local echo should be performed. ie (str) Input end-of-file marks. The default is NULL. mt (str) Modem type (for use by tip). If mt is specified, the at field must appear as at="generic". tip will then look in /etc/dialup for the appropriate modem es- cape sequences and call the generic dialup routine. If mt is not specified, tip will assume that it was com- piled with the appropriate modem interface module $(cc) -o tip -D${MODEM} oe (str) Output end-of-file string. The default is NULL. When tip is transferring a file, this string is sent at end-of-file. pa (str) The type of parity to use when sending data to the host. This may be one of even, odd, none, zero (always set bit 8 to zero), or one (always set bit 8 to 1). The default is even parity. pn (str) Telephone number(s) for this host. If the tele- phone number field contains an @ sign, tip searches the /etc/phones file for a list of telephone numbers (see phones(4)). tc (str) Indicates that the list of capabilities is con- tinued in the named description. This is used primari- ly to share common capability information. Here is a short example showing the use of the capability continuation feature UNIX-1200:\ 2 April, 1990
remote(4) remote(4):dv=/dev/cua0:el=^D^U^C^S^Q^O@:du:at=ventel:ie=#$%:\ :oe=^D:br#1200: arpavax|ax:\ :pn=7654321%:tc=UNIX-1200 FILES /etc/remote SEE ALSO tip(1C), phones(4). April, 1990 3