REMOTE(C)                XENIX System V                 REMOTE(C)



     Name
          remote -  Executes commands on a remote XENIX system.

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

     Description
          remote is a limited networking facility that permits
          execution of XENIX 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(C).  Also, entries for the command to be
          executed using remote must be added to the
          /etc/default/micnet files on each remote machine.




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     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(C), micnet(M)

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











































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