From ncr-sd!hp-sdd!hplabs!decwrl!labrea!rutgers!mailrus!umix!honey Thu Sep 29 12:26:52 PDT 1988

here's another one -- X. file JCL cards (known to me).  unrecognizable
cards are ignored.

	peter

C       command to be executed
I       file to be used as input for the command
O       file to be used as output for the command
F       file required to be present before running command; optional second
        argument gives name for the file at command execution

R       name of user that issued request (relative to the machine named on
        the U line)
U       second arg is name of site that passed this X. file to me; first arg is
        a (random) user name on that site

Z       requests status notification if command failed
N       requests no status notification if command failed
n       requests status notification if command succeeded
B       requests that stdin be returned on error
M       file (on the requesting host) in which status info should be stored

#       comment line



From: Peter Honeyman <honey%down.fun.arpa@BRL.ARPA>
Subject: Re: Why is UUCP Notoriously Unreliable?
Date: 2 Dec 85 23:54:32 GMT
To:       unix-wizards@BRL-SEM.ARPA

In a recent note, Guy ended with a question: "Peter?"

The JCL cards in the X. files are as follows:

C       command to be executed

I       file name for command input

O       file name for command output

F       file required to be present before running command; optional
	second argument gives name for the file at execution time

R       name of user who issued request (relative to the host named on
	the U line)

U       second arg is name of host that passed this X. file to me;
	first arg is a user name on that host (overridden by R line)

Z       send status notification (and error output) if command failed

N       send no status notification if command failed

n       send status notification if command succeeded

B       return command input on error

e       requests command be processed with sh(1)

E       requests command be processed with exec(2)

M       return status info to the named file on the requesting host

#       comment line

Anything else is a comment line.  Does that answer the question, Guy?

	Peter Honeyman

PS:  UUCP is not notoriously unreliable in my neighborhood.  In fact,
it's not unreliable at all.