REMOTE(C) XENIX System V REMOTE(C)
Name
remote - Executes commands on a remote XENIX system over a
micnet network.
Syntax
remote [ - ] [ -f file ] [ -m ] [ -u user] machine
command [ arguments ]
Description
remote is a limited networking facility that permits
execution of XENIX commands across serial lines. Commands
on any connected system may be executed from the host system
using remote. A command line consisting of command and any
blank-separated arguments is executed on the remote machine.
A machine's name is located in the file /etc/systemid. Note
that wild cards are not expanded on the remote machine, so
they should not be specified in arguments. The optional -m
switch causes mail to be sent to the user telling whether
the command is successful.
The available options follow:
- A dash signifies that standard input is used as
the standard input for command on the remote
machine. Standard input comes from the local host
and not from the remote machine.
-f file Use the specified file as the standard input for
command on the remote machine. The file exists on
the local host and not on the remote machine.
-m Mails the user to report completion of the
command. By default, mail reports only errors.
-u user Any mail goes to the named user on machine. The
default machine is the machine on which an error
was detected, or on which the remote command was
completed. The mail will be redirected to the
appropriate mailbox(es), if an alias for user
exists in the system alias files on that machine .
Since system alias files are usually identical
throughout the network, any specified machine will
most likely be overridden by the aliasing
mechanism. To prevent aliasing, user must be
escaped with at least two \ characters (at least
four if given as a shell command).
Before remote can be successfully used, a network of systems
must first be set up and the proper daemons initialized
using netutil(ADM). Also, entries for the command to be
executed using remote must be added to the
/etc/default/micnet files on each remote machine.
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REMOTE(C) XENIX System V REMOTE(C)
Example
The following command executes an ls command on the
directory /tmp of the machine machine1:
remote machine1 ls /tmp
See Also
rcp(C), mail(C), netutil(ADM), micnet(F)
Notes
The mail command uses the equivalent of remote to send mail
between machines.
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