REMOTE(5) BSD REMOTE(5)
NAME
remote - remote host description file
DESCRIPTION
The attributes of systems known by tip(1C) and are stored in /etc/remote,
an ASCII file 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 come the fields of the description. A field name
followed by an equal sign ("=") indicates that a string value follows. A
field name followed by a sharp sign ("#") indicates that a numeric value
follows.
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
phone 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 described below 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.
Domain/OS BSD supports these values for at: v831 (Racal-Vadic 831),
v3451 (Racal-Vadic V3451 or VA212),or ventel (Ventel 212+).
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 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(1C) 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. Tilde
("~") escapes are only recognized by tip after one of the characters
in el, or after a carriage-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.
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), "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 file /etc/phones file for
a list of telephone numbers; c.f. phones(5).
tc (str) Indicates that the list of capabilities is continued in the
named description. This is used primarily to share common
capability information.
EXAMPLE
This short example demonstrates 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(1C), phones(5)
BUGS
tip and cu (see tip(1C)) ignore any setting of parity in the capabilities
entries.