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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 24.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 25.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 26.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 27.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 28.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 29.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 30.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 31.\" 32.\" @(#)remote.5 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93 33.\" 34.Dd June 5, 1993 35.Dt REMOTE 5 36.Os BSD 4.2 37.Sh NAME 38.Nm remote 39.Nd remote host description file 40.Sh DESCRIPTION 41The systems known by 42.Xr tip 1 43and their attributes are stored in an 44.Tn ASCII 45file which 46is structured somewhat like the 47.Xr termcap 5 48file. Each line in the file provides a description for a single 49.Xr system . 50Fields are separated by a colon (``:''). 51Lines ending in a \e character with an immediately following newline are 52continued on the next line. 53.Pp 54The first entry is the name(s) of the host system. If there is more 55than one name for a system, the names are separated by vertical bars. 56After the name of the system comes the fields of the description. A 57field name followed by an `=' sign indicates a string value follows. A field 58name followed by a `#' sign indicates a following numeric value. 59.Pp 60Entries named ``tip*'' and ``cu*'' 61are used as default entries by 62.Xr tip , 63and the 64.Xr cu 65interface to 66.Xr tip , 67as follows. When 68.Xr tip 69is invoked with only a phone number, it looks for an entry 70of the form ``tip300'', where 300 is the baud rate with 71which the connection is to be made. When the 72.Xr cu 73interface is used, entries of the form ``cu300'' are used. 74.Sh CAPABILITIES 75Capabilities are either strings (str), numbers (num), or boolean 76flags (bool). A string capability is specified by 77.Em capability Ns Ar = Ns Em value ; 78for example, ``dv=/dev/harris''. A numeric capability is specified by 79.Em capability Ns Ar # Ns Em value ; 80for example, ``xa#99''. A boolean capability is specified by simply listing 81the capability. 82.Bl -tag -width indent 83.It Cm \&at 84(str) 85Auto call unit type. 86.It Cm \&br 87(num) 88The baud rate used in establishing 89a connection to the remote host. 90This is a decimal number. 91The default baud rate is 300 baud. 92.It Cm \&cm 93(str) 94An initial connection message to be sent 95to the remote host. For example, if a 96host is reached through port selector, this 97might be set to the appropriate sequence 98required to switch to the host. 99.It Cm \&cu 100(str) 101Call unit if making a phone call. 102Default is the same as the `dv' field. 103.It Cm \&di 104(str) 105Disconnect message sent to the host when a 106disconnect is requested by the user. 107.It Cm \&du 108(bool) 109This host is on a dial-up line. 110.It Cm \&dv 111(str) 112.Tn UNIX 113device(s) to open to establish a connection. 114If this file refers to a terminal line, 115.Xr tip 1 116attempts to perform an exclusive open on the device to insure only 117one user at a time has access to the port. 118.It Cm \&el 119(str) 120Characters marking an end-of-line. 121The default is 122.Dv NULL . 123`~' escapes are only 124recognized by 125.Xr tip 126after one of the characters in `el', 127or after a carriage-return. 128.It Cm \&fs 129(str) 130Frame size for transfers. 131The default frame size is equal to 132.Dv BUFSIZ . 133.It Cm \&hd 134(bool) 135The host uses half-duplex communication, local 136echo should be performed. 137.It Cm \&ie 138(str) 139Input end-of-file marks. 140The default is 141.Dv NULL . 142.It Cm \&oe 143(str) 144Output end-of-file string. 145The default is 146.Dv NULL . 147When 148.Xr tip 149is transferring a file, this 150string is sent at end-of-file. 151.It Cm \&pa 152(str) 153The type of parity to use when sending data 154to the host. This may be one of ``even'', 155``odd'', ``none'', ``zero'' (always set bit 8 to zero), 156``one'' (always set bit 8 to 1). The default 157is even parity. 158.It Cm \&pn 159(str) 160Telephone number(s) for this host. 161If the telephone number field contains 162an @ sign, 163.Xr tip 164searches the file 165.Pa /etc/phones 166file for a list of telephone numbers; 167(See 168.Xr phones 5 . ) 169.It Cm \&tc 170(str) 171Indicates that the list of capabilities is continued 172in the named description. This is used 173primarily to share common capability information. 174.El 175.Pp 176Here is a short example showing the use of the capability continuation 177feature: 178.Bd -literal 179UNIX-1200:\e 180:dv=/dev/cau0:el=^D^U^C^S^Q^O@:du:at=ventel:ie=#$%:oe=^D:br#1200: 181arpavax|ax:\e 182:pn=7654321%:tc=UNIX-1200 183.Ed 184.Sh FILES 185.Bl -tag -width /etc/remote -compact 186.It Pa /etc/remote 187The 188.Nm remote 189host description file 190resides in 191.Pa /etc . 192.El 193.Sh SEE ALSO 194.Xr tip 1 , 195.Xr phones 5 196.Sh HISTORY 197The 198.Nm 199file format appeared in 200.Bx 4.2 . 201