sffswap

sffswap

Change a single string in an incoming file or stream. This uses a file in
tables/sff.
    Syntax is :

    cat yuko | sffswap > yukP        uses tables/sff/SWAP
    cat yuko | sffswap newswap.460 > yukP    uses tables/sff/NEWSWAP.460
    sffswap swap yuko > yukP     uses tables/sff/SWAP
    sffswap newswap2 yuko > yukP     uses tables/sff/NEWSWAP2
    sffswap - yuko yukP         uses tables/sff/SWAP
or
    sffswap -v              print version number and exit
For those switches with parameters, the parameter MUST be separated by a space.

The SWAP file has the syntax :
    ; comment line
    wild: (chr denoting a wild chr )
        wild:?                  Default: '?'
    string:(input string) (spcs/tabs) (output string)
        string:<MD?>  [MO?]           No default.
    case: no/yes
        Case INsensitive YES or NO
        If NO - either case will suffice.   Default: YES

Wild chr example :
        string:<MD?>  [MO?]
    ie  <MD0> ->   [MO0]
        <MD1> ->   [MO1]
        <MD2> ->   [MO2]

Note that the default wild chr is '?'. To force to NO WILD : wild:\000

If the file has a FipStyle header between '~ NL', any '~' and NL chrs are
preserved but any other are translated.

Other env varis can be used to define where the system is :
        SFF_HOME        where the home or top queue is.         default: /fip
                        eg      setenv  SFF_HOME        /ripexpress/underware
        SFF_LOG         where the log files queue is            default:
(SFF_HOME)/log
        SFF_SPOOL       where the data queues are               default:
(SFF_HOME)/spool
        SFF_TMP         where the tmp data queues is            default:
(SFF_HOME)/x
                        THIS MUST BE ON THE SAME UNIX VOLUME as SFF_SPOOL
queues.
                        ie if spools are on /data99 which is hard disk
/dev/sd0, you MUST also
                        have the TMP queue on the same disk/partition

NOTE that for all BUT SFF_HOME, if the parameter starts with a '/' then it is a
hard, absolute path; if not then the spool area is under SFF_HOME.
        eg      setenv  SFF_SPOOL       /data7          will look under /data7
for queues
        while   setenv  SFF_SPOOL       data7           will look under
/fip/data7

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