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rstart(1X)							    rstart(1X)

NAME
       rstart - a sample implementation of a Remote Start client

SYNOPSIS
       rstart [-c context] [-g] [-l username] [-v] hostname command args...

OPTIONS
       This option specifies the context in which the command is to be run.  A
       context specifies a general environment the program is to  be  run  in.
       The  details  of this environment are host-specific; the intent is that
       the client need not know how the environment must  be  configured.   If
       omitted,	 the  context defaults to X.  This should be suitable for run‐
       ning X programs from the host's	"usual"	 X  installation.   Interprets
       command	as  a  generic command, as discussed in the protocol document.
       This is intended to allow common applications  to  be  invoked  without
       knowing	what they are called on the remote system. Currently, the only
       generic commands defined are Terminal, LoadMonitor,  ListContexts,  and
       ListGenericCommands.   This  option is passed to the underlying rsh; it
       requests that the command be run as the specified  user.	  This	option
       requests	 that rstart be verbose in its operation. Without this option,
       rstart discards output from the remote's rstart helper, and directs the
       rstart  helper  to  detach  the program from the rsh connection used to
       start it.  With this option, responses from the	helper	are  displayed
       and the resulting program is not detached from the connection.

DESCRIPTION
       The  rstart command is a simple implementation of a Remote Start client
       as defined in A Flexible Remote Execution Protocol  Based  on  rsh.  It
       uses rsh as its underlying remote execution mechanism.

NOTES
       This  is	 a trivial implementation.  Far more sophisticated implementa‐
       tions are possible and should be developed.

       Error handling is nonexistent.  Without	-v,  error  reports  from  the
       remote are discarded silently.  With -v, error reports are displayed.

       The  $DISPLAY  environment  variable  is	 passed.   If it starts with a
       colon, the local hostname is prepended.	The local domain  name	should
       be appended to unqualified host names, but is not.

       The $SESSION_MANAGER environment variable should be passed, but is not.

       X11 authority information is passed for the current display.

       ICE authority information should be passed, but is not.	It is not com‐
       pletely clear how rstart should select what ICE	authority  information
       to pass.

       Even  without  -v,  the sample rstart helper will leave a shell waiting
       for the program to complete.  This causes no  real  harm	 and  consumes
       relatively few resources, but if it is undesirable it can be avoided by
       explicitly specifying the "exec" command to the shell, for example,

       rstart somehost exec xterm

       This is obviously dependent on the command interpreter  being  used  on
       the  remote  system;  the  example given will work for the Bourne and C
       shells.

SEE ALSO
       rstartd(1X), rsh(1), A Flexible Remote Execution Protocol Based on rsh

AUTHOR
       Jordan Brown, Quarterdeck Office Systems

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