remote(4)							   File Formats 							 remote(4)

NAME

       remote - 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 separated by a colon `:'. Lines ending in a `' character with an  imme-
       diately 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 follows.  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
       example, `dv=/dev/harris'. A numeric capability is specified by capability#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 Administra-
		tion 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 characters. 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
		"	
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 hardware 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 verbose 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  `
'.

       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 everything 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 ALSO

       tip(1), phones(4)

       System Administration Guide: IP Services

SunOS 5.10							    13 Jun 2002 							 remote(4)