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NAME
x3270if - command interface to x3270, c3270 and s3270
SYNOPSIS
x3270if [option]... [ action ]
x3270if -i
DESCRIPTION
x3270if provides an interface between scripts and the 3270 emulators x3270, c3270, and
s3270.
x3270if operates in one of two modes. In action mode, it passes a single action and
parameters to the emulator for execution. The result of the action is written to standard
output, along with the (optional) status of the emulator. (The action is optional as
well, so that x3270if can just reports the emulator status.) In iterative mode, it forms
a continuous conduit between a script and the emulator.
The action takes the form:
action-name(param[,param]...)
The parentheses are manatory, and usually must be quoted when x3270if is called from a
shell script.
If any param contains a space or comma, it must be surrounded by double quotes.
OPTIONS
-s field
Causes x3270if to write to stdout the value of one of the emulator status fields.
Field is an integer in the range 0 through 11. The value 0 is a no-op and is used
only to return exit status indicating the state of the emulator. The indices 1-11
and meanings of each field are documented on the x3270-script(1) manual page. If
an action is specified as well, the status field is written after the output of the
action, separated by a newline. The -s option is mutually exclusive with the -S
and -i options.
-S Causes x3270if to write to stdout the value of all of the emulator status fields.
If an action is specified as well, the status fields are written after the output
of the action, separated by a newline. The -S option is mutually exclusive with
the -s and -i options.
-i Puts x3270if in iterative mode. Data from x3270if's standard input is copied to
the emulator's script input; data from the emulator's script output is copied to
x3270if's standard output. The -i option is mutually exclusive with the -s and -S
options. x3270if runs until it detects end-of-file on its standard input or on the
output from the emulator. (This mode exists primarily to give expect(1) a process
to run, on systems which do not support bidirectional pipes.)
-p process-id
Causes x3270if to use a Unix-domain socket to connect to the emulator, rather than
pipe file descriptors given in environment variables. The emulator must have been
started with the -socket option.
-t port
Causes x3270if to use a TCP socket to connect to the emulator, rather than pipe
file descriptors given in environment variables. The emulator must have been
started with the -scriptport option.
-v Turns on verbose debug messages, showing on stderr the literal data that is passed
between the emulator and x3270if.
EXIT STATUS
In action mode, if the requested action succeeds, x3270if exits with status 0. If the
action fails, x3270if exits with status 1. In iterative mode, x3270if exits with status 0
when it encounters end-of-file. If there is an operational error within x3270if itself,
such as a command-line syntax error, missing environment variable, or an unexpectedly
closed pipe, x3270if exits with status 2.
ENVIRONMENT
When a script is run as a child process of one of the emulators via the Script action, the
emulator passes information about how to control it in environment variables.
On Unix, the emulator process creates a pair of pipes for communication with the child
script process. The values of the file descriptors for these pipes are encoded as text in
two environment variables:
X3270OUTPUT
Output from the emulator, input to the child process.
X3270INPUT
Input to the emulator, output from the child process.
On Windows, or when a Unix emulator is started with the -scriptport option, the emulator
will pass the port number encoded as text in the X3270PORT environment variable. x3270if
will use that value as if it had been passed to it via the -t option. X3270PORT takes
precedence over X3270OUTPUT and X3270INPUT.
SEE ALSO
x3270(1), c3270(1), s3270(1), x3270-script(1)
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02 October 2009 X3270IF(1)