RFC 1440 (rfc1440) - Page 3 of 9
SIFT/UFT: Sender-Initiated/Unsolicited File Transfer
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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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