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REMOTE(5) File Formats and Configurations REMOTE(5)

NAME

remote - remote host description file

SYNOPSIS

/etc/remote

DESCRIPTION

The systems known by tip(1) and their attributes are stored in an
ASCII file which is structured somewhat like the termcap 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.

db
(bool) Cause tip(1) to ignore the first hangup it sees. db
(dialback) allows the user to remain in tip while the remote
machine disconnects and places a call back to the local
machine. For more information about dialback configuration, see
System Administration Guide: IP Services.

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
0), 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.

For Hayes-compatible modems, if the telephone number starts
with an 'S', the telephone number string will be sent to the
modem without the "DT", which allows reconfiguration of the
modem's S-registers and other parameters; for example, to
disable auto-answer: "pn=S0=0DT5551234"; or to also restrict
the modem to return only the basic result codes:
"pn=S0=0X0DT5551234".

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.

EXAMPLES

Example 1: Using the Capability Continuation Feature

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
remote host description file.

/etc/phones
remote host phone number database.