TCP/IP DOS Utilities

Contents and Introduction

Contents
Introduction
Displaying User Information
Emulating a Remote Terminal
Transferring Files
Printing Files on Remote Printers
Executing Commands on a Remote Host
Setting Up Your Workstation as a File Server
Operating Your PC Workstation Remotely
Appendix: Error Messages

Introduction to DOS Utilities

This guide explains how to use the LAN WorkPlace® DOS utilities. These utilities let you log in to remote host computers on your network, transfer files between remote hosts and your workstation, use remote printers, and execute remote host commands from your workstation.

In this guide, the term workstation refers to a LAN WorkPlace computer that runs DOS. Workstations can be IBM* PCs, PS/2*s, Compaqs*, or compatible computers, including 80286-based, 80386-based, 80486-based, and Pentium* based computers. A remote host is a different computer attached to your local network or accessible from your network. LAN WorkPlace for DOS uses standard TCP/IP protocols to let you work with remote hosts running different operating systems.

This guide is designed for all users of LAN WorkPlace for DOS. This guide shows you how to use the utilities to perform common networking tasks. A list of related guides that provide further information appears later in this section.

The table below briefly describes the LAN WorkPlace DOS Utilities. The following chapters describe how you use each of these utilities.

Summary of LAN WorkPlace DOS Utilities

Utility	Description
FINGER	This utility displays information about users on a remote host.
FTP	This utility copies files, directories, and directory trees from any computer on your network. FTP performs directory and file operations, such as listing or changing directories, on a local drive or on a remote host.
FTPD	This utility enables your workstation to function as an FTP server for one FTP client.
KEY220	This utility reconfigures the workstation keys that support TNVT220 keyboard functions.
LPQ	This utility displays the contents of a printer queue.
LPR	This utility creates a printer job on a remote host.
LPRM	This utility removes a job or jobs from a printer queue.
RCP	This utility copies files, directories, and entire directory trees from any workstation on your network.
REXEC	This utility executes a single command line on a remote host. You must enter a password to access the remote host.
RPD	This utility deletes a job from the print queue.
RPR	This utility prints a file on a remote printer.
RPS	This utility displays the status of jobs printing on a remote printer.
RSH	This utility executes a single command on a remote host. You do not need to enter a password to access the remote host.
SMAP	This utility is a screen mapping compiler that creates an output file with the .MAP extension. The XPC utility uses the .MAP file to perform screen translations and key mappings.
TELAPI	This utility loads the TELNET Application Programming Interface (TelAPI) into DOS memory. TelAPI lets third-party TELNET applications access the TELNET client services provided by the LAN WorkPlace software.
TFTP	This utility copies single files to or from your workstation and a remote host using the TFTP protocol.
TFTPD	This utility enables your workstation to function as a TFTP server.
TNVT220	This utility emulates a DEC* VT220, VT100, or VT52 terminal directly attached to a remote host. This means you can log in to a remote host running a TCP/IP TELNET server and perform any operations supported by the remote host.
TSU	This utility is a TelAPI configuration program required by third-party terminal emulators.
XPC	This utility lets you access a DOS workstation from an X server, VT220 terminal, or VT100 terminal.

* Trademarks acknowledged

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