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authorAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>1998-11-26 04:26:01 +0000
committerAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>1998-11-26 04:26:01 +0000
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@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+.\" $OpenBSD: remote.5,v 1.3 1998/11/26 04:25:59 aaron Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: remote.5,v 1.4 1997/04/20 00:05:27 mellon Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
@@ -49,17 +50,28 @@ is structured somewhat like the
.Xr termcap 5
file. Each line in the file provides a description for a single
.Xr system .
-Fields are separated by a colon (``:'').
-Lines ending in a \e character with an immediately following newline are
+Fields are separated by a colon
+.Pq Sq \&: .
+Lines ending with a
+.Dq \e
+character immediately followed by a newline are
continued on the next line.
.Pp
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.
+than one name for a system, the names are separated by vertical bars
+.Pq Sq \&| .
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.
+field name followed by an equal sign
+.Pq Sq =
+indicates a string value follows. A field
+name followed by a pound sign
+.Pq Sq #
+indicates a following numeric value.
.Pp
-Entries named ``tip*'' and ``cu*''
+Entries named
+.Dq tip\&*
+and
+.Dq cu\&*
are used as default entries by
.Xr tip ,
and the
@@ -69,17 +81,25 @@ interface to
as follows. When
.Xr tip
is invoked with only a phone number, it looks for an entry
-of the form ``tip300'', where 300 is the baud rate with
+of the form
+.Dq tip300 ,
+where 300 is the baud rate with
which the connection is to be made. When the
.Xr cu
-interface is used, entries of the form ``cu300'' are used.
+interface is used, entries of the form
+.Dq cu300
+are used.
.Sh CAPABILITIES
Capabilities are either strings (str), numbers (num), or boolean
flags (bool). A string capability is specified by
.Em capability Ns Ar = Ns Em value ;
-for example, ``dv=/dev/harris''. A numeric capability is specified by
+for example,
+.Dq dv=/dev/harris .
+A numeric capability is specified by
.Em capability Ns Ar # Ns Em value ;
-for example, ``xa#99''. A boolean capability is specified by simply listing
+for example,
+.Dq xa#99 .
+A boolean capability is specified by simply listing
the capability.
.Bl -tag -width indent
.It Cm \&at
@@ -101,7 +121,9 @@ required to switch to the host.
.It Cm \&cu
(str)
Call unit if making a phone call.
-Default is the same as the `dv' field.
+Default is the same as the
+.Cm dv
+field.
.It Cm \&dc
(bool)
This host is directly connected, and tip should not expect carrier detect
@@ -126,10 +148,12 @@ one user at a time has access to the port.
Characters marking an end-of-line.
The default is
.Dv NULL .
-`~' escapes are only
+.Dq ~
+escapes are only
recognized by
.Xr tip
-after one of the characters in `el',
+after one of the characters in
+.Cm el ,
or after a carriage-return.
.It Cm \&fs
(str)
@@ -157,10 +181,16 @@ string is sent at end-of-file.
.It Cm \&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 1). The default
-is even parity.
+to the host. This may be one of
+.Dq even ,
+.Dq odd ,
+.Dq none ,
+.Dq zero
+(always set bit 8 to zero),
+or
+.Dq one
+(always set bit 8 to 1).
+The default is even parity.
.It Cm \&pn
(str)
Telephone number(s) for this host.
@@ -169,9 +199,8 @@ an @ sign,
.Xr tip
searches the file
.Pa /etc/phones
-file for a list of telephone numbers;
-(See
-.Xr phones 5 . )
+file for a list of telephone numbers (see
+.Xr phones 5 ) .
.It Cm \&tc
(str)
Indicates that the list of capabilities is continued
@@ -190,11 +219,6 @@ arpavax|ax:\e
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /etc/remote -compact
.It Pa /etc/remote
-The
-.Nm remote
-host description file
-resides in
-.Pa /etc .
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr tip 1 ,