RFC 1440 (rfc1440) - Page 3 of 9

SIFT/UFT: Sender-Initiated/Unsolicited File Transfer

RFC 1440                        SIFT/UFT                       July 1993


   Job Entry capability:

      The target "user" may actually be no user at all, but may be the
      name of some software service engine.  An example of this is the
      job entry queue available as a pseudo-user on many NJE networked
      hosts.

4.  Essential commands and Syntax:

        FILE    size    sender    [auth]
        USER    recipient

        TYPE    type   [parm]

        Representation Types:

        TYPE        A           ASCII, CR/LF (0D/0A)
                    B           binary (image; octet stream)

                    C           ASCII, CC, CR/LF (ASA print)

                    U           unformatted (binary; image)
                    V           var-length records (16 bit)
                    W           wide var-len records (32 bit)
                    X           extra-wide var-length (64 bit)

                    I           image (binary; octet stream)
                    E           EBCDIC, NL (15)
                    F  reclen   fixed-length records (binary)

                    N           NETDATA
                    M           ASCII, mail

        Additional Parameters:

        NAME    filename
        DATE    date    time    [time-zone]

        CLASS   class
        FORM    paper-form-code  or  print-stock-code
        DEST    destination

        DIST | BIN | BOX        distribution-code  or  mail-stop
        FCB | CTAPE             forms-control-buffer  or  carriage-tape
        UCS | CHARSET | TRAIN   print-train  or  character-set

        LRECL           logical-record-length
        RECFM           record-format



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