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.TH REMOTE 5 "1 March 1983"
remote \- remote host description file
and their attributes are stored in an ASCII file which
is structured somewhat like the
file. Each line in the file provides a description for a single
Fields are separated by a colon (``:'').
Lines ending in a \e 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 ``tip*'' and ``cu*''
are used as default entries by
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
interface is used, entries of the form ``cu300'' are used.
Capabilities are either strings (str), numbers (num), or boolean
flags (bool). A string capability is specified by
e.g. ``dv=/dev/harris''. A numeric capability is specified by
e.g. ``xa#99''. A boolean capability is specified by simply listing
The baud rate used in establishing
a connection to the remote host.
This is a decimal number.
The default baud rate is 300 baud.
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.
Call unit if making a phone call.
Default is the same as the `dv' field.
Disconnect message sent to the host when a
disconnect is requested by the user.
This host is on a dial-up line.
UNIX device(s) to open to establish a connection.
If this file refers to a terminal line,
attempts to perform an exclusive open on the device to insure only
one user at a time has access to the port.
Characters marking an end-of-line.
The default is NULL. `~' escapes are only
after one of the characters in `el',
or after a carriage-return.
Frame size for transfers.
The default frame size is equal to BUFSIZ.
The host uses half-duplex communication, local
echo should be performed.
Output end-of-file string.
The default is NULL. When
is transferring a file, this
string is sent at end-of-file.
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
Telephone number(s) for this host.
If the telephone number field contains
file for a list of telephone numbers;
Indicates that the list of capabilities is continued
in the named description. This is used
primarily to share common capability information.
Here is a short example showing the use of the capability continuation
:dv=/dev/cau0:el=^D^U^C^S^Q^O@:du:at=ventel:ie=#$%:oe=^D:br#1200:
:pn=7654321%:tc=UNIX-1200