NAME

       bpsource - Bundle Protocol transmission test shell

SYNOPSIS

       bpsource destinationEndpointId ['text'] [-tTTL]

DESCRIPTION

       When text is supplied, bpsource simply uses Bundle Protocol to send text to a counterpart bpsink
       application task that has opened the BP endpoint identified by destinationEndpointId, then terminates.

       Otherwise, bpsource offers the user an interactive "shell" for testing Bundle Protocol data transmission.
       bpsource prints a prompt string (": ") to stdout, accepts a string of text from stdin, uses Bundle
       Protocol to send the string to a counterpart bpsink application task that has opened the BP endpoint
       identified by destinationEndpointId, then prints another prompt string and so on.  To terminate the
       program, enter a string consisting of a single exclamation point (!) character.

       TTL indicates the number of seconds the bundles may remain in the network, undelivered, before they are
       automatically destroyed. If omitted, TTL defaults to 300 seconds.

       The source endpoint ID for each bundle sent by bpsource is the null endpoint ID, i.e., the bundles are
       anonymous.  All bundles are sent standard priority with no custody transfer and no status reports
       requested.

EXIT STATUS

       "0" bpsource has terminated.  Any problems encountered during operation will be noted in the ion.log log
           file.

FILES

       The service data units transmitted by bpsource are sequences of text obtained from a file in the current
       working directory named "bpsourceAduFile", which bpsource creates automatically.

ENVIRONMENT

       No environment variables apply.

DIAGNOSTICS

       Diagnostic messages produced by bpsource are written to the ION log file ion.log.

       Can't attach to BP.
           bpadmin has not yet initialized Bundle Protocol operations.

       bpsource fgets failed
           Operating system error.  Check errtext, correct problem, and rerun.

       No space for ZCO extent.
           ION system error.  Check for earlier diagnostic messages describing the cause of the error; correct
           problem and rerun.

       Can't create ZCO extent.
           ION system error.  Check for earlier diagnostic messages describing the cause of the error; correct
           problem and rerun.

       bpsource can't send ADU
           Bundle Protocol service to the remote endpoint has been stopped.

BUGS

       Report bugs to <ion-bugs@korgano.eecs.ohiou.edu>

SEE ALSO

       bpadmin(1), bpsink(1), bp(3)