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remote(4) Kernel Interfaces Manual remote(4) NAME remote - 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 remote(4)