1remote(4) File Formats remote(4)
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6 remote - remote host description file
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9 /etc/remote
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13 The systems known by tip(1) and their attributes are stored in an ASCII
14 file which is structured somewhat like the termcap file. Each line in
15 the file provides a description for a single system. Fields are sepa‐
16 rated by a colon `:'. Lines ending in a `\' character with an immedi‐
17 ately following NEWLINE are continued on the next line.
18 The first entry is the name(s) of the host system. If there is more
21 than one name for a system, the names are separated by vertical bars.
22 After the name of the system comes the fields of the description. A
23 field name followed by an `=' sign indicates a string value follows. A
24 field name followed by a `#' sign indicates a following numeric value.
25 Entries named tipbaudrate are used as default entries by tip, as fol‐
28 lows. When tip is invoked with only a phone number, it looks for an
29 entry of the form tipbaudrate, where baudrate is the baud rate with
30 which the connection is to be made. For example, if the connection is
31 to be made at 300 baud, tip looks for an entry of the form tip300.
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34 Capabilities are either strings (str), numbers (num), or boolean flags
35 (bool). A string capability is specified by capability=value; for exam‐
36 ple, `dv=/dev/harris'. A numeric capability is specified by capabil‐
37 ity#value; for example, `xa#99'. A boolean capability is specified by
38 simply listing the capability.
39 at (str) Auto call unit type. The following lists valid 'at' types
41 and their corresponding hardware:
42 biz31f Bizcomp 1031, tone dialing
44 biz31w Bizcomp 1031, pulse dialing
47 biz22f Bizcomp 1022, tone dialing
50 biz22w Bizcomp 1022, pulse dialing
53 df02 DEC DF02
56 df03 DEC DF03
59 ventel Ventel 212+
62 v3451 Vadic 3451 Modem
65 v831 Vadic 831
68 hayes Any Hayes-compatible modem
71 at Any Hayes-compatible modem
74 br (num) The baud rate used in establishing a connection to the
78 remote host. This is a decimal number. The default baud rate is
79 300 baud.
80 cm (str) An initial connection message to be sent to the remote
83 host. For example, if a host is reached through a port selector,
84 this might be set to the appropriate sequence required to switch
85 to the host.
86 cu (str) Call unit if making a phone call. Default is the same as
89 the dv field.
90 db (bool) Cause tip(1) to ignore the first hangup it sees. db
93 (dialback) allows the user to remain in tip while the remote
94 machine disconnects and places a call back to the local machine.
95 For more information about dialback configuration, see System
96 Administration Guide: IP Services.
97 di (str) Disconnect message sent to the host when a disconnect is
100 requested by the user.
101 du (bool) This host is on a dial-up line.
104 dv (str) Device(s) to open to establish a connection. If this file
107 refers to a terminal line, tip attempts to perform an exclusive
108 open on the device to insure only one user at a time has access
109 to the port.
110 ec (bool) Initialize the tip variable echocheck to on, so that tip
113 will synchronize with the remote host during file transfer by
114 waiting for the echo of the last character transmitted.
115 el (str) Characters marking an end-of-line. The default is no char‐
118 acters. tip only recognizes `~' escapes after one of the charac‐
119 ters in el, or after a RETURN.
120 es (str) The command prefix (escape) character for tip.
123 et (num) Number of seconds to wait for an echo response when echo-
126 check mode is on. This is a decimal number. The default value
127 is 10 seconds.
128 ex (str) Set of non-printable characters not to be discarded when
131 scripting with beautification turned on. The default value is
132 "\t\n\b\f".
133 fo (str) Character used to force literal data transmission. The
136 default value is `\377'.
137 fs (num) Frame size for transfers. The default frame size is equal
140 to 1024.
141 hd (bool) Initialize the tip variable halfduplex to on, so local
144 echo should be performed.
145 hf (bool) Initialize the tip variable hardwareflow to on, so hard‐
148 ware flow control is used.
149 ie (str) Input end-of-file marks. The default is a null string
152 ("").
153 nb (bool) Initialize the tip variable beautify to off, so that
156 unprintable characters will not be discarded when scripting.
157 nt (bool) Initialize the tip variable tandem to off, so that
160 XON/XOFF flow control will not be used to throttle data from the
161 remote host.
162 nv (bool) Initialize the tip variable verbose to off, so that ver‐
165 bose mode will be turned on.
166 oe (str) Output end-of-file string. The default is a null string
169 (""). When tip is transferring a file, this string is sent at
170 end-of-file.
171 pa (str) The type of parity to use when sending data to the host.
174 This may be one of even, odd, none, zero (always set bit 8 to
175 0), one (always set bit 8 to 1). The default is none.
176 pn (str) Telephone number(s) for this host. If the telephone number
179 field contains an `@' sign, tip searches the /etc/phones file for
180 a list of telephone numbers — see phones(4). A `%' sign in the
181 telephone number indicates a 5-second delay for the Ventel Modem.
182 For Hayes-compatible modems, if the telephone number starts with
184 an 'S', the telephone number string will be sent to the modem
185 without the "DT", which allows reconfiguration of the modem's S-
186 registers and other parameters; for example, to disable auto-
187 answer: "pn=S0=0DT5551234"; or to also restrict the modem to
188 return only the basic result codes: "pn=S0=0X0DT5551234".
189 pr (str) Character that indicates end-of-line on the remote host.
192 The default value is `\n'.
193 ra (bool) Initialize the tip variable raise to on, so that lower
196 case letters are mapped to upper case before sending them to the
197 remote host.
198 rc (str) Character that toggles case-mapping mode. The default
201 value is `\377'.
202 re (str) The file in which to record session scripts. The default
205 value is tip.record.
206 rw (bool) Initialize the tip variable rawftp to on, so that all
209 characters will be sent as is during file transfers.
210 sc (bool) Initialize the tip variable script to on, so that every‐
213 thing transmitted by the remote host will be recorded.
214 tb (bool) Initialize the tip variable tabexpand to on, so that tabs
217 will be expanded to spaces during file transfers.
218 tc (str) Indicates that the list of capabilities is continued in the
221 named description. This is used primarily to share common capa‐
222 bility information.
223
226 Example 1 Using the Capability Continuation Feature
227 Here is a short example showing the use of the capability continuation
230 feature:
231 UNIX-1200:\
234 :dv=/dev/cua0:el=^D^U^C^S^Q^O@:du:at=ventel:ie=#$%:oe=^D
235 :br#1200:arpavax|ax:\
236 :pn=7654321%:tc=UNIX-1200
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241 /etc/remote remote host description file.
242 /etc/phones remote host phone number database.
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248 tip(1), phones(4)
249 System Administration Guide: IP Services
252SunOS 5.11 13 Jun 2002 remote(4)