ibm_hosts(5)
NAME
ibm_hosts - host database for x3270 and c3270
SYNOPSIS
/usr/lib/X11/x3270/ibm_hosts
DESCRIPTION
- The ibm_hosts file contains information regarding IBM
- hosts on the network. An IBM host is a host which can communi
- cate with a 3270 terminal emulator such as x3270 or c3270. Each
- line defines a name in the following (optional fields are shown
- in brackets):
- name type [opt:]...[luname@]hostname[:port] [actions]
- Items are separated by any number of blanks and/or TAB
- characters. A line beginning with # is taken as a comment (note
- that # anywhere else on a line does not indicate a comment).
- The name field is a mnemonic used to identify the host.
- The type field is a keyword that indicates the type of en
- try. The value primary means that the name will be included in
- host-selection menus that may be displayed by a 3270 emulator.
- The value alias means that the name will not be included in
- menus, but will still be accepted as valid input when a host name
- is required.
- The hostname field is the Internet hostname or dot-nota
- tion Internet address of the host.
- The hostname can include `s:' or `p:' prefixes, e.g.,
- s:finicky (see the x3270(1) or c3270(1) man page sfor details).
- It can also include an LU name, separated by an `@' character,
- e.g., oddlu@bluehost. Finally, it can include a non-default port
- number, appended to the hostname with a colon `:' character,
- e.g., bluehost:97. (For compatability with earlier versions of
- x3270, the port can also be separated by a slash `/' character.)
- The optional actions field specifies actions to be taken
- once the connection is made and a data-entry field is defined.
- If the text looks like an action, e.g., PF(1), it is unmodified;
- otherwise it is taken as the parameter to the String() action.
- The actions are not intended for entering usernames and pass
- words; rather they provide an automated way of specifying a
- front-end menu option.
EXAMPLE
- Given the following ibm_hosts file:
- mvs primary mvs-host
tso alias mvs-host
mvs2 primary mvs-host:4012
vm primary vtam Tab() String(3) Enter() - A 3270 emulator will display four names (mvs, mvs2, afhost
- and vm) on its hosts menu. The names mvs and tso will cause con
- nections to the host mvs-host. The name mvs2 will also cause a
- connection to mvs-host, but to port 4012 rather than the emula
- tor's default port (usually 23). The name vm will cause the 3270
- emulator to connect to the host vtam (presumably some sort of
- host-selection front-end), enter the string `3' on the second da
- ta-entry field on the screen, and send the Enter AID sequence.
FILES
/usr/lib/X11/x3270/ibm_hosts