The following operations
host(Other_machine)=>rload(File). host(Other_machine)=>code(File)=>TopGoal. host(Other_machine)=>fetch_remote_operators.
allow fetching remote files/operator definitions rload/1, fetch_remote_operators/0 or on-demand fetching of a predicate at a time from host/code file during execution of TopGoal.
host(Other_machine)=>remote_run(RemoteGoal). host(Other_machine)=>remote_run(Answer,RemoteGoal).
allow remote predicate calls without/with returned answer on the calling site.
host(Other_machine)=>rsh(ShellCommand,CharListAnswer). host(Other_machine)=>rsh(ShellCommand).
allows using BinProlog to remotely execute shell commands on a remote machine and collect/print the answers at the calling site. In particular it allows what Microsoft never could/wanted to build in W95 or NT: remote shell commands. In particular, by starting a BinProlog server on a PC with W95/NT it is possible to do meaningful work on it remotely from another W95/NT PC or Unix box. Note that on machines not supporting pipes rsh is approximated with rexec which redirects execution to a file, gets it back and shows it to the user. Note also that
?-run_unrestricted_server.should be used on the remote computer to allow these commands.