Also see basic fip header description About the Fip Header and the far more detailed [[Training Data File Structure]]
FIP Internal header fields and flags include :
| XL | this file is a redun but has errors so pls use the 2nd if there |
| XS | ignore SZ contents as this is NOT the redun file (+and do not save) v2.29 process all dest on this sys only. It is used by IPWHEEL on one machine to tell that on another to process the file for that system only. Hence it need only send the file once per system. |
| XZ | This is a resend SO ignore redundancy checks and do NOT archive. |
| XT | This file has already been sent by the secondary system as the primary was down (primary to archive only) |
| XM | This is a msg file from Atex and IPPOST should not error if the logon is not found |
| XP | Name of original or sending system for files transfered by ip2net |
| XN | Flag for ipwheel on next system to only process destinations on that system. This is put on all remote files by ‘ipwheel‘ |
| XA | Flag for ipwheel on next system to process for all destinations except for those on the sender (as denoted by the XP field). This is placed manually in the USERS file to make files bunny hop between 3 or more systems. |
| ZI ZO ZX | archive this file (ZI by ipwheel, ZX by ipxchg, ZO by ipout) |
| ZH | use this Source Header field (ie field in SH) for redun replacing SN this is a series of 2 letter Fip Hdr fields which will make a unique name for redundancy. It is used where the wire service sends duplicate filenames one after the other. Sometimes only the first part of the text is different so use $T to represent the first 40 chrs of text: eg ZH:SNXV$T – use the SN (filename)Version field from the Source Header (SH) and the first 40 chrs of text. |
| ZR | used by ipredun to flag a ping-pong msg to ipredun on the remoteSys |
| ZPC | for writer systems only, make 2nd index which is pcname in pc/que |
| FBIN | this is a binary file with NO internal FIP header. |
| FMAC | this is a Mac binary file complete with resource fork |
History or comments :
| HS | date/time device and program that took this file in |
| HQ | seqno of outgoing article for for IPBDCAST, IPRESEND |
| HU | used by ipredun/ipxnet to flag ping-pong |
| HD, HM, HY, HH, HN, HB | day, month, year, hour, min, second of file creation |
| HG | time difference from GMT |
| HW | day of the week (Sunday as zero) |
| HJ | julian day of the year (jan1 as day zero) |
| Hx where x is 1-9 | new fields created by IPHDRCHK ‘reptable’ |
| HK | keywords from IPROUTE or IPKEYWORD |
| HX | Bloomberg keywords from IPROUTE |
| HZ | DowJones channel number in bkwire files. |
Source flags :
| SA | source author or logon used for error messages back |
| SC | source chrset as used by IPXCHG |
| SE | Wire file trailer for VWIRE files |
| SF | source format for incoming wires – ANPA/IPTC/IATA others |
| SG | IPXGTW – j11 que-group |
| SH | wire service source header, delimited by colons: To extract individual fields in parameter files, type \X- SH for standard IPTC format – SH::SEXT:N1401:P2:CSSO:W67:R:KSOCCER-TEAMS SH for standard ANPA format – SH::Ss:N1270:Lrstex:Pu:Cs:F41:KBC-BBA–BLUEJAYS-RANGERS:VRuns:R :D04-12:W0708
where XS = service id
XN = story number
XL = selector code
XP = priority
XC = category
XF = format
XK = keyword
XV = version
XR = reference field
XD = filing date
XW = word count
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| SJ | IPXGTW – j11 filename |
| SK | new format file for IPHDRCHK |
| SL | combined archives file name (ie don’t use the SU name). |
| SN | original name of message |
| S | input physical device – normally the hostname and port number of the terminal server for a wire |
| SR | routing file name if NOT SU ( used by iproute). |
| ST | source type of input program such as zwire, wire or box |
| SU | source user or where it came from – eg the agency name for a wire service |
| SZ | Used to flag SRC REDUNDANCY : hostname of primary and secondary systems : SZ:fip1,fip2 |
Destination flags :
| DA | Destination sub address such as a logon |
| DB | IPBDCAST format parameter file; defaults to the name of the Broadcast line (-n) |
| DC | Character Set of the Destination as used by IPXCHG |
| DF | Format parameter file for many Fip Programs including IPOUT (tables/out), IPEDSYS (tables/edsys), IPGTWY (tables/gateway). defaults to FORMAT. |
| DH | Header for IP2WTR (Writer header) or IPGTWY (J11 header) |
| DI | Headline or Description line for Mailbox files (IPBOX, IPWIRES) |
| DM | name of logons for msg (IP2WTR, IPEDSYS) |
| DP | host (as in /etc/hosts) or pseudo-host (as an editorial system) as used by IPWHEEL, IP2NET and IPREDUN |
| DQ | Destination Queue, directory or folder on the final machine. |
| DS | supercede flag for IPGTWY/IPEDSYS/IP2SES |
| DU | Destination(s) which are described in the tables/sys/USERS file |
| DX | New Destination for the output file IPSGML, IPLOOKUP |
| DY | Format parameter file for IPSGML, IPLOOKUP |
| DZ | telex/fax/tph number for telex/fax/ipdialEN – Actual output filename for IPEDSYS, IP2SES |
| EP | Actual output pathname for IPEDSYS, IP2SES |
| EQ | Actual output queuename for IPEDSYS, IP2SES |
| EA-EY | ZWIRE AFX v7 header fields (see ZWIRE doc) |
PC flags for ip2pc :
| PQ | dest queue for resultant file (MUST HAVE) |
| PH:/XPH | leave/zap header |
| PT:/XPT | Eoln translation to CR NL/no trans pls |
| PS:/XPS | supercede/increment if existing |
| PFD | atex/dec filename NOT pc (default pc) |
| PFP | pc filename |
DataFormat flags :
| FK | Sort key |
| FN | File name (overwritten by Sort key if it is there) |
| FU | destination for output – chged to DU and file sent to spool/2go |
| FQ | queue on this machine to drop the file into (overrides FU) |
| FCR | quads are [q:x] and CRLF are stripped |
Output fields are :
| FX, FY | x = width, y = depth in points*scale | |
| FL | no of lines | |
| FS | scale | |
| FT | type ie postscript, monotype, aps etc | |
| HT | either passed thru or added (time in LONG format) |
Others :
| AG, AQ | Group and Queue for IPSNDSND |
| CQ | change que to : used by ipxchg to route afterwards |
| CP | Third system flag for IP2NET to send to |
| CX | name of xchg file to use for IPXCHG |
The following letters are reserved for customer or site-only use and will NOT be used by any program:
| B* | all Bs are reserved for site dependent flags |
| G* | all Gs are reserved for site dependent flags |
| J* | all Js are reserved for site dependent flags |
| K* | all Ks are reserved for site dependent flags |
| L* | all Ls are reserved for site dependent flags |
| N* | all Ns are reserved for site dependent flags |
| Q* | all Qs are reserved for site dependent flags |