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remote(4)
NAME
  remote - Remote host description file

SYNOPSIS
  /etc/remote

DESCRIPTION
  The /etc/remote file stores in an ASCII file, remote system attributes
  known by tip.	 Each line in the file provides a description for a single
  system.  Fields are separated by colons (:).	Lines ending in a backslash
  (\) followed immediately by a newline character are continued on the next
  line.

  The first entry is the names 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 equal sign (=) indicates a string value follows.  A field
  name followed by a number sign (#) indicates a following numeric value.

CAPABILITIES
  Capabilities are either strings (str), numbers (num), or Boolean flags
  (bool).  A string capability is of the form:

       capability=value

  An example is:

       dv=/dev/harris

  A numeric capability is of the form:

       capability#value

  An example is:

       xa#99

  A Boolean capability is specified simply by listing it.  The following are
  available capabilities:

  at  (str) Autocall unit type.	 This string is what is searched for in
      /etc/acucap to decide if the generic dialer is to be used. For more
      information, see acucap(4).

  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 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.

  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) UNIX devices 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 ensure only one user at a time has access to the port.

  el  (str) Characters marking an end-of-line.	The default is NULL.  Tilde
      (~) escapes are recognized by tip only after one of the characters in
      el, or after a carriage-return.

  fs  (str) Frame size for transfers.  The default frame size is equal to
      BUFSIZ.

  hd  (bool) The host uses half-duplex communication; local echo should be
      performed.

  ie  (str) Input end-of-file marks.  The default is NULL.

  oe  (str) Output end-of-file string.	The default is NULL.  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.  The
      type can be one of even, odd, none, zero (always set bit 8 to zero), or
      1 (always set bit 8 to 1).  The default is none.

  pn  (str) Telephone numbers for this host.  If the telephone number field
      contains an @ sign, tip searches the file /etc/phones file for a list
      of telephone numbers.  For more information, see phones(4).

  tc  (str) Indicates that the list of capabilities is continued in the named
      description.  This is used primarily to share common capability
      information.

EXAMPLES
  Here is a short example showing the use of the capability continuation
  feature:

       UNIX-1200:\
	       :dv=/dev/ttyd0:el=^D^U^C^S^Q^O:\
	       :du:at=df112:ie=#$%:oe=^D:br#1200:
       ourvax|ox:\
	       :pn=7654321:tc=UNIX-1200

RELATED INFORMATION
  Commands: tip(1).

  Files: acucap(4), phones(4).