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diff --git a/doc/tdeioslave/fish/index.docbook b/doc/tdeioslave/fish/index.docbook new file mode 100644 index 000000000..c92319319 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/tdeioslave/fish/index.docbook @@ -0,0 +1,98 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" ?> +<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//KDE//DTD DocBook XML V4.2-Based Variant V1.1//EN" "dtd/kdex.dtd" [ + <!ENTITY % addindex "IGNORE"> + <!ENTITY % English "INCLUDE" > <!-- change language only here --> +]> + +<article lang="&language;" id="fish"> +<title>fish</title> + +<articleinfo> +<authorgroup> +<author>&Joerg.Walter;</author> +<author>&Brad.Hards;</author> +<author>&tde-authors;</author> +<!-- TRANS:ROLES_OF_TRANSLATORS --> +</authorgroup> + +<releaseinfo>&tde-release-version;</releaseinfo> +<date>Reviewed: &tde-release-date;</date> + +<copyright> +<year>2005</year> +<holder>&Joerg.Walter;</holder> +<holder>&Brad.Hards;</holder> +</copyright> +<copyright> +<year>&tde-copyright-date;</year> +<holder>&tde-team;</holder> +</copyright> + +<abstract> +<para> +This handbook describes the fish protocol. +</para> +</abstract> + +<keywordset> +<keyword>TDE</keyword> +<keyword>fish</keyword> +<keyword>protocol</keyword> +</keywordset> + +</articleinfo> + +<para>Allows you to access another computer's files using the Secure Shell (<acronym>SSH</acronym>) protocol. +The remote computer needs to be running the <acronym>SSH</acronym> daemon, but the remainder of the protocol +uses standard command line tools.</para> + +<para>You can use the fish tdeioslave like this: +<userinput>fish://<replaceable>hostname</replaceable></userinput> or <userinput>fish://<replaceable>username +</replaceable>@<replaceable>hostname</replaceable></userinput>.</para> + +<note><para>You need to use double forward slashes.</para></note> + +<para>You can omit the <replaceable>username</replaceable> (and the trailing +@ symbol) when using the same username on both computers.</para> + +<para>You can add a password in the format: +<userinput>fish://<replaceable>username</replaceable>:<replaceable>password</replaceable>@<replaceable> +hostname</replaceable></userinput> but it is not necessary as you will be prompted for one if it is not +supplied.</para> + +<para>When you are running the <acronym>SSH</acronym> daemon on a non-standard +port, you can specify that port using the normal &URL; syntax as shown below: +<userinput>fish://<replaceable>hostname</replaceable>:<replaceable>portnumber</replaceable></userinput>.</para> + +<para>Fish should work with any roughly <acronym>POSIX</acronym> compatible +&UNIX; based remote computer. It uses the shell commands +<command>cat</command>, <command>chgrp</command>, +<command>chmod</command>, <command>chown</command>, +<command>cp</command>, <command>dd</command>, +<command>env</command>, <command>expr</command>, +<command>grep</command>, <command>ls</command>, +<command>mkdir</command>, <command>mv</command>, +<command>rm</command>, <command>rmdir</command>, +<command>sed</command>, +and <command>wc</command>. Fish starts +<command>/bin/sh</command> as its shell and expects it to be a +Bourne shell (or compatible, like <command>bash</command>). +If the <command>sed</command> and +<command>file</command> commands are available, as well as a +<filename>/etc/apache/magic</filename> file with &MIME; type +signatures, these will be used to guess &MIME; types. +</para> + +<para>If <application>Perl</application> is available on the remote +machine, it will be used instead. Then only <command>env</command> and +<command>/bin/sh</command> are needed. Using +<application>Perl</application> has the additional benefit of being +faster.</para> + +<para>Fish might even work on &Windows; machines, if tools like +<application>Cygwin</application> are installed. All the above +utilities must be in the system <envar>PATH</envar>, and the initial +shell must be able to process the command <command>echo +FISH:;/bin/sh</command> correctly.</para> + +</article> |