Manual page for REMOTE(5)
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.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.
Entries named
tipbaudrate
are used as default entries by
tip,
as follows. When
tip
is invoked with only a phone number,
it looks for an entry of the form
tipbaudrate,
where
baudrate
is the baud rate with
which the connection is to be made. For example, if the connection is to be
made at 300 baud,
tip
looks for an entry of the form
tip300.
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.
The following lists valid
'at'
types and their corresponding hardware:
-
-
- biz31f
-
Bizcomp 1031, tone dialing
- biz31w
-
Bizcomp 1031, pulse dialing
- biz22f
-
Bizcomp 1022, tone dialing
- biz22w
-
Bizcomp 1022, pulse dialing
- df02
-
DEC DF02
- df03
-
DEC DF03
- ventel
-
Ventel 212+
- v3451
-
Vadic 3451 Modem
- v831
-
Vadic 831
- hayes
-
Any Hayes-compatible modem
- at
-
Any Hayes-compatible modem
- br
-
(num)
The baud rate used in establishing a
connection to the remote host.
This is a decimal number.
The default baud rate 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 phone 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.
- du
-
(bool)
This host is on a dial-up line.
- dv
-
(str)
Device(s) 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 insure only
one user at a time has access to the port.
- ec
-
(bool)
Initialize the
tip
variable
echocheck
to
on,
so that
tip
will synchronize with the remote host during file transfer by
waiting for the echo of the last character transmitted.
- el
-
(str)
Characters marking an end-of-line. The default is no characters.
tip
only recognizes
`~'
escapes after one of the characters in
el,
or after a
RETURN.
- es
-
(str)
The command prefix (escape) character for
tip.
- et
-
(num)
Number of seconds to wait for an echo response when echo-check mode
is on. This is a decimal number. The default value is 10 seconds.
- ex
-
(str)
Set of non-printable characters not to be discarded when scripting
with beautification turned on. The default value is
``\t\n\b\f''.
- fo
-
(str)
Character used to force literal data transmission. The default value
is `\377'.
- fs
-
(num)
Frame size for transfers.
The default frame size is equal to 1024.
- hd
-
(bool)
Initialize the
tip
variable
halfduplex
to
on,
so local echo should be performed.
- hf
-
(bool)
Initialize the
tip
variable
hardwareflow
to
on,
so hardware flow control is used.
- ie
-
(str)
Input end-of-file marks. The default is a null string ("").
- nb
-
(bool)
Initialize the
tip
variable
beautify
to
off,
so that unprintable characters will not be discarded when scripting.
- nt
-
(bool)
Initialize the
tip
variable
tandem
to
off,
so that XON/XOFF flow control will not be used to throttle
data from the remote host.
- nv
-
(bool)
Initialize the
tip
variable
verbose
to
off,
so that verbose mode will be turned on.
- oe
-
(str)
Output end-of-file string. The default is a null string (""). 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),
one
(always set bit 8 to 1). The default is
none.
- 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.5
A
`%'
sign in the telephone number indicates a
5-second delay for the Ventel Modem.
- pr
-
(str)
Character that indicates end-of-line on the remote host. The default
value is `\n'.
- ra
-
(bool)
Initialize the
tip
variable
raise
to
on,
so that lower case letters are mapped to upper case
before sending them to the remote host.
- rc
-
(str)
Character that toggles case-mapping mode. The default value is `\377'.
- re
-
(str)
The file in which to record session scripts. The default value is
tip.record.
- rw
-
(bool)
Initialize the
tip
variable
rawftp
to
on,
so that all characters will be sent as is during file transfers.
- sc
-
(bool)
Initialize the
tip
variable
script
to
on,
so that everything transmitted by the remote host will be recorded.
- tb
-
(bool)
Initialize the
tip
variable
tabexpand
to
on,
so that tabs will be expanded to spaces during file transfers.
- 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/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
-
- /etc/phones
-
SEE ALSO
tip.1c
phones.5
termcap.5
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Last modified 11/5/97