| REMOTE(5) |
AerieBSD 1.0 Refernce Manual |
REMOTE(5) |
NAME
remote —
remote host description file
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 remote host.
Fields are separated by a colon
(‘\&:’).
Lines ending with a
“\e”
character immediately followed by a 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 equal sign
(‘=’)
indicates a string value follows.
A field name followed by a pound sign
(‘#’)
indicates a following numeric value.
Entries named
“tip\&*”
are used as default entries by
tip(1)
as follows.
When
tip(1)
is invoked with only a baud rate, it looks for an entry of the form
“tip ”.
E.g.\&
tip-300
will cause
tip(1)
to look for the system tip300.
CAPABILITIES
Capabilities are either strings (str), numbers (num), or boolean flags (bool).
A string capability is specified by
capability ;
for example,
“dv=/dev/harris”.
A numeric capability is specified by
capability ;
for example,
“xa#99”.
A boolean capability is specified by simply listing the capability.
- \&at
-
(str)
Auto call unit type.
- \&be
-
(bool)
Initialize the
tip(1)
variable
“beautify”
to
on,
so that non-printable characters will be discarded when scripting.
- \&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.
- \&dc
-
(bool)
This host is directly connected, and
tip(1)
should not expect carrier detect to be high, nor should it exit if
carrier detect drops.
- \&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)
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 ensure only
one user at a time has access to the port.
- \&ec
-
(bool)
Initialize the
tip(1)
variable
“echocheck”
to
on,
so that
tip(1)
will synchronize with the remote host during file
transfer by waiting for the last character transmitted to echo.
- \&el
-
(str)
Characters marking an end-of-line.
The default is
NULL.
“~”
escapes are only recognized by
tip(1)
after one of the characters in
el,
or after a carriage-return.
- \&es
-
(str)
The escape character for
tip(1).
The default is
“~”.
- \&et
-
(num)
Number of seconds to wait for an echo response when
“echocheck”
mode is on.
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
“\et\en\eb\ef”.
- \&fo
-
(str)
Character used to force literal data transmission.
The default value is
‘\e020’
(^P).
- \&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.
- \&hf
-
(bool)
Initialize the
tip(1)
variable
“hardwareflow”
to
on,
so that hardware flow control (CRTSCTS) will be used for the
connection with the remote host.
- \&ie
-
(str)
Input end-of-file marks.
The default is
NULL.
- \&ld
-
(num)
The line discipline to use for the remote tty.
The default is to use the termios(4) line discipline.
- \&nb
-
(bool)
Initialize the
tip(1)
variable
“beautify”
to
off,
so that non-printable characters will not be discarded when scripting.
- \&nt
-
(bool)
Initialize the
tip(1)
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(1)
variable
“verbose”
to
off,
so that verbose mode will be turned off.
- \&oe
-
(str)
Output end-of-file string.
The default is
NULL.
When
tip(1)
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),
or
“one”
(always set bit 8 to 1).
The default is no parity.
- \&pn
-
(str)
Telephone number(s) for this host.
Either a list of arbitrary dialing strings separated by
commas, or a
"@".
An at sign,
"@",
tells
tip(1)
to search the
phones(5)
database for the list of telephone numbers.
For modems or auto-call units that use a
"\&,"
in their dialing strings (hayes, courier, t3000)
tip(1)
will convert any
"\&="
in the string to a
"\&,"
when dialing.
For modems or auto-call units that use a
"\&="
in their dial strings, (v831),
tip(1)
will convert any
"\&_"
to a
"\&="
when dialing.
- \&pr
-
(str)
Character that indicates end-of-line on the remote host.
The default value is
‘\en’.
- \&ra
-
(bool)
Initialize the
tip(1)
variable
“raise”
to
on,
so that lowercase letters are mapped to uppercase before sending
them to the remote host.
- \&rc
-
(str)
Character that toggles case-mapping mode.
The default value is
NULL.
- \&re
-
(str)
The file in which to record session scripts.
The default value is
tip.record.
- \&rw
-
(str)
Initialize the
tip(1)
variable
“rawftp”
to
on,
so that all characters will be sent as is during file transfers.
- \&sc
-
(bool)
Initialize the
tip(1)
variable
“script”
to
on,
so that everything transmitted by the remote host will be recorded.
- \&ta
-
(bool)
Initialize the
tip(1)
variable
“tandem”
to
on,
so that XON/XOFF flow control will be used to throttle data
from the remote host.
- \&tb
-
(bool)
Initialize the
tip(1)
variable
“tabexpand”
to
on,
so that each tab will be expanded to 8 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.
- \&vb
-
(bool)
Initialize the
tip(1)
variable
“verbose”
to
on,
so that verbose mode will be turned on.
Here is a short example showing the use of the capability continuation
feature:
UNIX-1200:\e
:dv=/dev/cau0:el=^D^U^C^S^Q^O@:du:at=ventel:ie=#$%:oe=^D:br#1200:
arpavax|ax:\e
:pn=7654321%:tc=UNIX-1200
FILES
- /etc/remote
-
Global database.
SEE ALSO
tip(1),
phones(5)
HISTORY
The
remote
file format appeared in
4.2BSD.
| AerieBSD 1.0 Reference Manual |
August 26 2008 |
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