zwire ZWIRE receives an IATA or IATA-derivative news wire. The header is parsed and put in the FIP header field SH. The file is slotted into the spool/2brouted queue for IPROUTE to process and route. Input Parameters : Mandatory : -n : name of this wire (usually the agency) default: none either -s : 'px25', 'sx25', Terminal Server/Spider name or TTY default: none -p : Spider port number default: none or -P : Port on UnixBox to use for outbound default: none This is only used where Terminal Servers canNOT run reverse telnet correctly and need to set a Permanent Virtual Connection across the ethernet to a fixed port number on the UnixBox Optional : -A : name of the archive file if not the -n name field default: 'name' -b : No of bits :if 5, THE WHOLE MESSAGE AND HEADER IS TRANSLATED TO ASCII default: 7 -C : Category start string default: none -c : If not ascii feed, chrset of 5/6 level letters default: c2let -d : If not ascii feed, chrset of 5/6 level numbers default: c2num -D : the name of a DUPLICATE wire where 2 copies of the same file is required (SD header field). default: none -e : the string that ends the header at the next CR/NL. default: none -E : the string that ends the header immediately. default: none -f : Extra FIP header information default: none For fixed header info in FIP. eg -f #QA:AA#QB:BASIC As this flag is normally the last specified, its contents can be used to overwrite any unique fields such as DU, DP, SN etc. -k : Keyword start string string which indicates that text following to the CR/NL is the keyword. default: none -K : Add the message keyword as first line of text default: no -l : The max no of lines in the header. default: no max -L : For Passive (-P) type connections, reestablish the link after disconnection default: no -o : Name of output format (DF field) default: ZWIRE -O : Name of the output folder if not default default: spool/2brouted This folder will be under /fip/spool -q : Replace incoming sequence number with System generated number default: no -r : the name of a DIFFERENT routing table to 'name' (SR field : used by iproute) default: name -t : End of text marker (NNNN is end of message) default: none -T : Timeout in seconds default: none If this time is exceeded WITHOUT an End-of-file, the file is terminated. -x : Wakeup string for Pad/modem etc default: none This wakes up the pad on startup. -y : Banner string to strip from terminal server.default: SpiderBanner -Y : There is no banner to strip default: as above -Z : do NOT archive any incoming files default: archive -0 : do NOT strip NULs from the incoming stream default: strip -1 : Use first line of text as Keyword default: no (this is the opposite of -K) -6 : Format is Extel version 6 format default: no Version 6 is also called AFX IATA Version 1 or 1.1 -7 : Format is Extel/AFX version 7 format default: no Version 7 is also called AFX IATA Version 1.2 -v : Print the version number and exit Notes for particular agencies : Extel is -s/-p -e#Z -C# -1 -6 [opt -K] or -s/-p -e#Z -tn#Z -C# -1 -6 [opt -K] or version 7 -s/-p -7 Extel V7 fields are Line Field Name Fip Header field (if X?, it is part of the SH) 1 Service Desig XS v7_S Service Number XN v7_N OriginCode XO v7_O Reference Field XR v7_R UniqueStoryNo XU v7_U 2 Priority XP v7_P Service Code XC v7_C Correction Code XY v7_Y Destination Code XX v7_D ** 0.20 ** SubjectCode.1-4 XB v7_B CountryCode.1-4 XT v7_T IndustryCode.1-4 XI v7_I Story Type Code XZ v7_Z ** 0.20a ** 3-? CompanyName.1-5 E?/F?/G? v7_E Ticker.1-5 E? v7_E Country.Reg.1-5 E? v7_E Sedol.1-5 E? v7_E ISIN.1-5 E? v7_E (upto 15 company names) 8 DateTime EZ v7_E 9 Headline XK v7_K (copyright) 2014 and previous years FingerPost Ltd.