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IBM_HOSTS(5)							  IBM_HOSTS(5)

NAME
       ibm_hosts - host database for x3270 and c3270

SYNOPSIS
       /usr/lib/X11/x3270/ibm_hosts

DESCRIPTION
       The ibm_hosts file contains information regarding IBM hosts on the net‐
       work.  An IBM host is a host which can communicate with a 3270 terminal
       emulator	 such as x3270 or c3270.  Each line defines a name in the fol‐
       lowing (optional fields are shown in brackets):

       name type [opt:]...[luname@]hostname[:port] [actions]

       Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or TAB  characters.   A
       line  beginning with # is taken as a comment (note that # anywhere else
       on a line does not indicate a comment).

       The name field is a mnemonic used to identify the host.

       The type field is a keyword that indicates  the	type  of  entry.   The
       value  primary  means  that the name will be included in host-selection
       menus that may be displayed by a 3270 emulator.	The value alias	 means
       that the name will not be included in menus, but will still be accepted
       as valid input when a host name is required.

       The hostname field is the Internet hostname  or	dot-notation  Internet
       address of the host.

       The  hostname  can  include `s:' or `p:' prefixes, e.g., s:finicky (see
       the x3270(1) or c3270(1) man page sfor details).	 It can	 also  include
       an  LU  name,  separated	 by  an	 `@'  character, e.g., oddlu@bluehost.
       Finally, it can include a non-default  port  number,  appended  to  the
       hostname	 with a colon `:' character, e.g., bluehost:97.	 (For compata‐
       bility with earlier versions of x3270, the port can also	 be  separated
       by a slash `/' character.)

       The  optional actions field specifies actions to be taken once the con‐
       nection is made and a data-entry field is defined.  If the  text	 looks
       like an action, e.g., PF(1), it is unmodified; otherwise it is taken as
       the parameter to the String() action.  The actions are not intended for
       entering	 usernames and passwords; rather they provide an automated way
       of specifying a front-end menu option.

EXAMPLE
       Given the following ibm_hosts file:

	      mvs  primary   mvs-host
	      tso  alias     mvs-host
	      mvs2 primary   mvs-host:4012
	      vm   primary   vtam Tab() String(3) Enter()

       A 3270 emulator will display four names (mvs, mvs2, afhost and  vm)  on
       its  hosts  menu.   The names mvs and tso will cause connections to the
       host mvs-host.  The name mvs2 will also cause a connection to mvs-host,
       but  to port 4012 rather than the emulator's default port (usually 23).
       The name vm will cause the 3270 emulator to connect to  the  host  vtam
       (presumably  some  sort	of host-selection front-end), enter the string
       `3' on the second data-entry field on the screen, and  send  the	 Enter
       AID sequence.

FILES
       /usr/lib/X11/x3270/ibm_hosts

SEE ALSO
       x3270(1), c3270(1)

				 23 June 2007			  IBM_HOSTS(5)
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