NAME

remote - remote host description file for tip

DESCRIPTION

The systems known by tip(1) and their attributes are stored in an ASCII file which is structured somewhat like the termcap(5) 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 an immediately following newline 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.  After the name of the system comes the fields of the description.  A field name followed by an ‘=’ sign indicates a string value follows.  A field name followed by a ‘#’ sign indicates a following numeric value. 

CAPABILITIES

Capabilities are either strings (str), numbers (num), or boolean flags (bool).  A string capability is specified by capability=value; for instance, “dv=/dev/harris”.  A numeric capability is specified by capability#value; for instance, “xa#99”.  A boolean capability is specified by simply listing the capability.

dv (str) UNIX device(s) to open to establish a connection.  If this file refers to a terminal line, tip(1) attempts to perform an exclusive open on the device to insure only one user at a time has access to the port. 

el (str) Characters marking an end-of-line.  The default is NULL.  ‘~’ escapes are only recognized by tip after one of the characters in ‘el’, or after a carriage-return. 

du (bool) This host is on a dial-up line. 

ie (str) Input end-of-file marks.  The default is NULL. 

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. 

cu (str) Call unit if making a phone call.  Default is the same as the ‘dv’ field. 

at (str) Auto call unit type. 

pn (str) Telephone number(s) for this host.  If the telephone number field contains an @ sign, tip searches the file /etc/phones file for a list of telephone numbers; c.f.  phones(5).

br (num) The baud rate used in establishling a connection to the remote host.  This is a decimal number.  The default baud rate is 300 baud. 

fs (str) Frame size for transfers.  The default frame size is equal to BUFSIZ. 

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:\
:dv=/dev/cau0: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(1), phones(5)

Sun System Release 0.3  —  1 March 1983