# Super Q-pointer

Super Q-pointers are extended Q-pointers used to access
non-D3 and/or nonlocal files.

A Super Q-pointer is a Q-pointer to a file that is not
in the local D3 file system. The first attribute is a Q, the second
attribute is blank, and the third attribute contains a host name (from
the hosts file), followed by a colon, followed by the file name on
the remote file system.

The first attribute can also be QS in
which case the file-save process saves the entire
remote file as if it existed on the local machine provided the save
is used with the e option. This data can then be
restored into that same remote file or into some other file.

## See also

- [Binary files (glossary)](https://d3codex.com/definitions/binary-files-glossary/)
- [Header files](https://d3codex.com/definitions/header-files/)
- [hosts file](https://d3codex.com/systemfiles/hosts-file/)
- [net-errors command](https://d3codex.com/tcl/net-errors-command/)
- [Open Systems File interface](https://d3codex.com/definitions/open-systems-file-interface/)
- [peqs](https://d3codex.com/tcl/peqs/)
- [Pick remote files](https://d3codex.com/definitions/pick-remote-files/)
- [Header files](https://d3codex.com/definitions/header-files/)
- [QS-pointer](https://d3codex.com/definitions/qs-pointer/)
- [Spooler account](https://d3codex.com/tcl/spooler-account/)
- [UNIX files](https://d3codex.com/definitions/unix-files-glossary/)

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Source: https://d3codex.com/definitions/super-q-pointer/ - part of the D3Codex reference.