on(1)                                                              User Commands                                                             on(1)

NAME

       on - execute a command on a remote system with the local environment

SYNOPSIS

       on [-i] [-d] [-n] host command [argument] ...

DESCRIPTION

       The on program is used to execute commands on another system, in an environment similar to that invoking the program. All environment vari-
       ables are passed and the current working directory is preserved. To preserve the working directory, the working file system must be  either
       already  mounted  on the host or be exported to it. Relative path names will only work if they are within the current file system. Absolute
       path names may cause problems.

       The standard input is connected to the standard input of the remote command. The standard output and the standard  error  from  the  remote
       command are sent to the corresponding files for the on command.

OPTIONS

       The following options are supported:

       -d       Debug mode. Prints out some messages as work is being done.

       -i       Interactive mode. Uses remote echoing and special character processing. This option is needed for programs that expect to be talk-
                ing to a terminal. All terminal modes and window size changes are propagated.

       -n       No Input. This option causes the remote program to get EOF when it reads from the standard input, instead of passing the  standard
                input  from  the  standard  input of the on program. For example, -n is necessary when running commands in the background with job
                control.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE         |      ATTRIBUTE VALUE        |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Availability                 |SUNWnfscu                    |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       chkey(1), rlogin(1), rsh(1), telnet(1), attributes(5)

DIAGNOSTICS

       unknown host

           Host name not found.

       cannot connect to server

           Host down or not running the server.

       can't find

           Problem finding the working directory.

       can't locate mount point

           Problem finding current file system.

       RPC: Authentication error

           The server requires DES authentication and you  do not have a secret key registered with keyserv. Perhaps you logged in without a pass-
           word. Try to keylogin.  If that fails, try to set your publickey with chkey.

       on server: RPC: can't encode arguments

           The 10240 byte limit for arguments to be encoded and passed from the sending to the receiving system has been exceeded.

       Other diagnostic messages may be passed back from the server.

BUGS

       When the working directory is remote mounted over NFS, a Control-Z hangs the window.

       Root cannot use on.

SunOS 5.10                                                          8 Oct 2003                                                               on(1)