Type Field

This field contains the device type that should be used to establish the communication link to the remote computer. The keyword used in this field is matched against the first field of Devices file entries as shown in Example 12-2. (Note that the fields listed in the table heading are for the Systems file and do not apply to the Devices file. For a table showing the same correspondences to fields in the Devices file, see Example 12-6.)

Example 12-2 Type Field and /etc/uucp/Devices File

File Name System-Name  Time  Type     Speed  Phone     Chap-Script
 
Systems   arabian      Any   ACUEC, g 38400  1112222   ogin: Puucp ssword:beledi
 
Device    ACUEC        cua/a -        38400  usrv32bis-ec
 

You can define the protocol used to contact the system by adding it on to the Type field. The example above shows how to attach the protocol g to the device type ACUEC. (For information on protocols, see "Protocol Definitions in the Devices File".)