zwire
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 -t\n#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
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