REMOTE(4)REMOTE(4)NAMEremote - 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 sepa‐
rated by a colon `:'. Lines ending in a `\' character with an immedi‐
ately 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 fol‐
lows. 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 exam‐
ple, `dv=/dev/harris'. A numeric capability is specified by capabil‐
ity#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 char‐
acters. tip only recognizes `~' escapes after one of the charac‐
ters 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 hard‐
ware 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 ver‐
bose 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(4). 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 every‐
thing 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 capa‐
bility 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.
SEE ALSOtip(1), phones(4)
System Administration Guide: IP Services
Jun 13, 2002 REMOTE(4)
