# Pick remote files

Pick remote files are standard Pick files on a nonlocal
Pick machine.

Pick files on remote hardware can be accessed as if they
were existent on the local machine. To do this, it is necessary to
create a super Q-Pointer to that remote file. The first attribute
of this master dictionary item is a Q, the second attribute is blank,
and the third attribute contains the remote machine’s host name, followed
by a colon, followed by the complete Pick path on the remote machine.

Note: It is necessary to create an appropriate host item in the
hosts file to indicate how to communicate with that host.

Once the super Q-Pointer has been created, the file can be opened,
read, and written just like any local Pick file.

## See also

- [hosts file](https://d3codex.com/systemfiles/hosts-file/)
- [Open Systems File interface](https://d3codex.com/definitions/open-systems-file-interface/)
- [Super Q-pointer](https://d3codex.com/definitions/super-q-pointer/)

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Source: https://d3codex.com/definitions/pick-remote-files/ - part of the D3Codex reference.