pclient Command

AIX Version 4.3 Commands Reference, Volume 4

pclient Command

Purpose

Opens the connection to an Xstation for a specified period of time.

Syntax

pclient -a "String" -d Name:Number -l File -m ModMap -p PathName -s Number

Description

The pclient command holds the connection to an Xstation open for the amount of time specified by the -s flag allowing commands to be sent and received.

Flags

-a "String"	Specifies the command that initializes the Xwindows environment. String consists of the aixterm command and selected flags, and must be enclosed in quotation marks. The string is executed using the ksh shell. Other commands, such as the xset command, may be included and are separated with ; (semicolon).
-d Name: 0	Specifies the name and number of the display.
-l File	Specifies the name of the keyboard map file.
-m ModMap	Specifies the full name of the keyboard xmodmap to be executed.
-p PathName	Specifies the path to the keyboard map file.
-s Number	Specifies the time in seconds that the connection is held open.

Security

Access Control: Only the root user should have execute (x) access to this command.

Examples

The following stanza from the /etc/x_st_mgr/x_st_mgrd.cf file shows the normal use of the command for an Xstation named taylor:

taylor DISPLAY=taylor:0; export DISPLAY;\
       XSTATION=taylor; export XSTATION;\
       LANG=En_US; export LANG;\
       /usr/lpp/x_st_mgr/bin/pclient\
       -p /usr/lpp/X11/defaults/xmodmap/En_US\
      -l keyboard \
       -m /usr/lpp/X11/bin/xmodmap \
       -s 5 \
     -a "/usr/lpp/X11/bin/aixterm\
          -fn Rom14 -geometry 80x25+0+0 \
          -W -e /usr/lpp/x_st_mgr/bin/login"

The example includes flags inside the -a "String" that specify the font (-fn), the location and dimensions of the window (-geometry), the location of the mouse cursor (-W), and the login command to be executed in the window (-e).

Files

/usr/lpp/x_st_mgr/bin/pclient	Contains the pclient command.
/usr/lpp/X11/bin/aixterm	Contains the aixterm command.

Related Information

The aixterm command.