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 that is structured somewhat like the termcap(4) file. Each line in the file provides a description for a single system. Fields are separated by a colon (:). Lines ending in a \ character with a newline immediately 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. January 1992 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 escape sequences and call the generic dialup routine. If mt is not specified, tip will assume that it was compiled 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 telephone 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 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:\ 2 January 1992
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 Description file SEE ALSO phones(4) tip(1C) in A/UX Command Reference January 1992 3