remote —
remote host description file
The systems known by tip(1) and their
  attributes are stored in an ASCII file which is structured as described by
  capfile(5). 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 immediately 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 “tip*” and “cu*” are
    used as default entries by
    tip(1), and the
    cu(1) interface to
    tip(1), as follows. When
    tip(1) is invoked with only a
    phone number, it looks for an entry of the form “tip300”,
    where 300 is the baud rate with which the connection is to be made. When the
    cu(1) interface is used, entries
    of the form “cu300” are used.
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.
- 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.
- dc
- (bool) This host is directly connected, and tip should not expect carrier
      detect to be high, nor should it exit if carrier detect drops.
- 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 device(s) to open to establish a
      connection. If this file refers to a terminal line,
      tip(1) 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. `~' escapes are only recognized by
      tip(1) 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.
- hf
- (bool) Use hardware (RTS/CTS) flow control.
- ie
- (str) Input end-of-file marks. The default is
      NULL.
- oe
- (str) Output end-of-file string. The default is
      NULL. When
      tip(1) 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 zero),
      one (always set bit 8 to one). The default is even
      parity.
- pn
- (str) Telephone number(s) for this host. If the telephone number field
      contains an @ sign, tip(1)
      searches the file /etc/phones file for a list of
      telephone numbers; see
      phones(5).
- tc
- (str) Indicates that the list of capabilities is continued in the named
      description. This is used primarily to share common capability
      information.
Here is a short example showing the use of the capability
    continuation feature:
UNIX-1200:\
:dv=/dev/cau0:el=^D^U^C^S^Q^O@:du:at=ventel:ie=#$%:oe=^D:br#1200:
arpavax|ax:\
:pn=7654321%:tc=UNIX-1200
 
  - /etc/remote
- The remotehost description file resides in
      /etc.
Theremote file format appeared in
  4.2BSD.