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From: lmjm@doc.ic.ac.UK
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Subject: MAKEHOSTS - with xterms!
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Date: Tue, 5-May-87 17:21:23 EDT
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Posted: Tue May  5 17:21:23 1987
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Depending on your local setup and the energy of your systems
administrators you can probably run commands on another host on your
local ethernet by just doing:
	remotehost "ls ~uucp"

Here is a version of the MAKEHOSTS script that sits in /usr/hosts and
crunches up the /etc/hosts file and generates all the symbolic links
from hostname->/usr/ucb/rsh.  I've extended it to also generate a link
for each host:- xhostname->/usr/hosts/host_in_window. A little shell
script that does (effectively) 
	xterm -n "rlogin:remotehost" -e remotehost ...
Please check it out before installing it!!!  It works ok locally but
may cause grief your system if you differ from 4.2 (beats me how - I am
just cautious).

Notes:- A symbolic link to host_in_window may be unnecessary if they
are both on the same disc;  It isn't fast;  You'll probably want to
change the options given to xterm and maybe even its location (I usr
/usr/new/xterm);  I though about an xinit like way of allowing some of
the args to go to the xterm - but I never did anything about it.

Have fun
	Lee

(I wonder why my shar just dumped?? Oh well here it is as files.)

MAKEHOSTS
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#! /bin/sh -x
# Create both the ordinary <machine-name> type commands AND
# x<machine-name> which runs in its own window under X.
cd ${DESTDIR}/usr/hosts
mv MAKEHOSTS .MAKEHOSTS
mv host_in_window .host_in_window
rm -f *
for i in `grep -v '^#' ${DESTDIR}/etc/hosts | awk '{print $2}'`;
do
        ln -s /usr/ucb/rsh $i
        ln -s /usr/hosts/host_in_window x$i
done
mv .MAKEHOSTS MAKEHOSTS
mv .host_in_window host_in_window
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

host_in_window
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
#! /bin/sh
MC=`basename $0 | sed "s/^x//"`
/usr/new/xterm -n "rlogin:$MC" -e $MC $*
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--
UKUUCP SUPPORT  Lee McLoughlin
	"What you once thought was only a nightmare is now a reality!"

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