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diff --git a/os2/rcmd.h b/os2/rcmd.h new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2c84d5b --- /dev/null +++ b/os2/rcmd.h @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +/* rcmd.h --- interface to executing commands on remote hosts + Karl Fogel <kfogel@cyclic.com> --- November 1995 */ + +/* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify + it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by + the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) + any later version. + + This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, + but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the + GNU General Public License for more details. */ + +/* Run the command CMD on the host *AHOST, and return a file descriptor for + a bidirectional stream socket connected to the command's standard input + and output. + + rcmd looks up *AHOST using gethostbyname, and sets *AHOST to the host's + canonical name. If *AHOST is not found, rcmd returns -1. + + rcmd connects to the remote host at TCP port INPORT. This should + probably be the "shell" service, port 514. + + LOCUSER is the name of the user on the local machine, and REMUSER is + the name of the user on the remote machine; the remote machine uses this, + along with the source address of the TCP connection, to authenticate + the connection. + + CMD is the command to execute. The remote host will tokenize it any way + it damn well pleases. Welcome to Unix. + + FD2P is a feature we don't support, but there's no point in making mindless + deviations from the interface. Callers should always pass this argument + as zero. */ +extern int rcmd (const char **AHOST, + unsigned short INPORT, + char *LOCUSER, + char *REMUSER, + char *CMD, + int *fd2p); |