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NAME
       on - execute command on remote host with environment similar to local

SYNOPSIS
       | host [command [argument] ... ]

DESCRIPTION
       executes	 a  command  on a remote host, using an environment similar to
       that of the invoking user where:

	      host	specifies the name of the host on which to execute the
			command.

	      command	specifies the command to execute on host

       If  command is not specified, starts a shell on host.  argument ...  is
       a list of arguments for command.

       The user's environment variables are copied to the remote host, and the
       file  system  containing	 the  user's  current working directory is NFS
       mounted on the remote host (see nfs(7)).	 The command  is  executed  on
       the remote host in the user's current working directory.

       Commands	 using	relative path names that reference file system objects
       within the user's current working file system have the same behavior as
       running the command on the client.  The behavior of commands using rel‐
       ative path names that cross the file system boundary or commands	 using
       absolute	 path  names  depends on the organization of the remote host's
       file system.

       Implicit and explicit use of environment variables  may	also  cause  a
       command's  behavior  to	be dependent on the organization of the remote
       host's file system.  For example, the environment variable usually con‐
       tains absolute path names.

       Standard input, output and error of the remote command are connected to
       the appropriate file descriptors on the client.

       The remote execution daemon does not allow to execute a remote command.

       The signals and are propagated to the remote command.  and are  ignored
       by the remote command.  All other signals are delivered to the command.

       In  order  to execute a remote command, the remote host must be config‐
       ured to execute (see rexd(1M)).

   Options
       recognizes the following options:

	      Interactive mode.
		      This option is required for commands that must  communi‐
		      cate  with  a  terminal such as or Terminal mode changes
		      are propagated to the server.  The standard input for an
		      interactive  command  must  be  a	 tty  device.  The and
		      options are mutually exclusive.

	      Debug mode.
		      Print diagnostic messages during startup of the command.
		      These  messages  are  useful for detecting configuration
		      problems if the command to a specific host is failing.

	      No input mode.
		      This option causes the remote command to get end-of-file
		      (EOF) when it reads from standard input, instead of con‐
		      necting the standard input of the command to  the	 stan‐
		      dard  input  of  the  remote  command.   The  option  is
		      required when running commands in the  background.   The
		      and options are mutually exclusive.

DIAGNOSTICS
       The host name
		 host was not found in the hosts database.

       The host	 host is down, unreachable on the network, or not running

       A problem occurred trying to find the user's current working directory
		 (current_dir).

       A problem occurred trying to determine the mount point
		 of the user's current working directory (current_dir).

       The standard input (stdin) of the
		 command with the option is not a tty device.

       Errors that occur on the server
		 server are propagated back to the client.  These messages are
		 documented in the DIAGNOSTICS section of rexd(1M).

AUTHOR
       was developed by Sun Microsystems, Inc.

SEE ALSO
       exports(4), rexd(1M).

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