REMOTE(C)                                  UNIX System V



     Name
          remote - executes commands on a remote system


     Syntax
          remote [ - ] [ -f file ] [ -m ] [ -u user] machine
          command [ arguments ]


     Description
          remote  is  a  limited  networking  facility  that   permits
          execution of UNIX commands across serial lines.  Commands on
          any connected system may be executed from  the  host  system
          using  remote.  A command line consisting of command and any
          blank-separated arguments is executed on the remote machine.
          A machine's name is located in the file /etc/systemid.  Note
          that wild cards are not expanded on the remote  machine,  so
          they  should  not be specified in arguments. The optional -m
          switch causes mail to be sent to the  user  telling  whether
          the command is successful.

          The available options follow:

          -         A dash signifies that standard input  is  used  as
                    the  standard  input  for  command  on  the remote
                    machine.  Standard input comes from the local host
                    and not from the remote machine.

          -f file   Use the specified file as the standard  input  for
                    command on the remote machine.  The file exists on
                    the local host and not on the remote machine.

          -m        Mails  the  user  to  report  completion  of   the
                    command.  By default, mail reports only errors.

          -u user   Any mail goes to the named user on  machine.   The
                    default  machine  is the machine on which an error
                    was detected, or on which the remote  command  was
                    completed.   The  mail  will  be redirected to the
                    appropriate mailbox(es),  if  an  alias  for  user
                    exists in the system alias files on that machine .
                    Since system alias  files  are  usually  identical
                    throughout the network, any specified machine will
                    most  likely  be  overridden   by   the   aliasing
                    mechanism.  To  prevent  aliasing,  user  must  be
                    escaped with at least two \ characters  (at  least
                    four if given as a shell command).

          Before remote can be successfully used, a network of systems
          must  first  be  set  up  and the proper daemons initialized
          using netutil(ADM).  Also, entries for  the  command  to  be
          executed    using    remote    must    be   added   to   the
          /etc/default/micnet files on each remote machine.


     Example
          The  following  command  executes  an  ls  command  on   the
          directory /tmp of the machine machine1:

               remote machine1 ls /tmp

     See Also
          rcp(C), mail(C), netutil(ADM), micnet(F)


     Notes
          The mail command uses the equivalent of remote to send  mail
          between machines.


     (printed 8/24/89)                                  REMOTE(C)