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diff --git a/man-pages-posix-2017/man1p/asa.1p b/man-pages-posix-2017/man1p/asa.1p new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3a29754 --- /dev/null +++ b/man-pages-posix-2017/man1p/asa.1p @@ -0,0 +1,214 @@ +'\" et +.TH ASA "1P" 2017 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual" +.\" +.SH PROLOG +This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. +The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult +the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), +or the interface may not be implemented on Linux. +.\" +.SH NAME +asa +\(em interpret carriage-control characters +.SH SYNOPSIS +.LP +.nf +asa \fB[\fIfile\fR...\fB]\fR +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +.IR asa +utility shall write its input files to standard output, mapping +carriage-control characters from the text files to line-printer control +sequences in an implementation-defined manner. +.P +The first character of every line shall be removed from the input, and +the following actions are performed. +.P +If the character removed is: +.IP <space> 10 +The rest of the line is output without change. +.IP 0 10 +A +<newline> +is output, then the rest of the input line. +.IP 1 10 +One or more implementation-defined characters that causes an advance +to the next page shall be output, followed by the rest of the input +line. +.IP "\fR+\fP" 10 +The +<newline> +of the previous line shall be replaced with one or more +implementation-defined characters that causes printing to return to +column position 1, followed by the rest of the input line. If the +.BR '\(pl' +is the first character in the input, it shall be equivalent to +<space>. +.P +The action of the +.IR asa +utility is unspecified upon encountering any character other than those +listed above as the first character in a line. +.SH OPTIONS +None. +.SH OPERANDS +.IP "\fIfile\fR" 10 +A pathname of a text file used for input. If no +.IR file +operands are specified, the standard input shall be used. +.SH STDIN +The standard input shall be used if no +.IR file +operands are specified, and shall be used if a +.IR file +operand is +.BR '\-' +and the implementation treats the +.BR '\-' +as meaning standard input. +Otherwise, the standard input shall not be used. +See the INPUT FILES section. +.SH "INPUT FILES" +The input files shall be text files. +.SH "ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES" +The following environment variables shall affect the execution of +.IR asa : +.IP "\fILANG\fP" 10 +Provide a default value for the internationalization variables that are +unset or null. (See the Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1\(hy2017, +.IR "Section 8.2" ", " "Internationalization Variables" +for the precedence of internationalization variables used to determine +the values of locale categories.) +.IP "\fILC_ALL\fP" 10 +If set to a non-empty string value, override the values of all the +other internationalization variables. +.IP "\fILC_CTYPE\fP" 10 +Determine the locale for the interpretation of sequences of bytes of +text data as characters (for example, single-byte as opposed to +multi-byte characters in arguments and input files). +.IP "\fILC_MESSAGES\fP" 10 +.br +Determine the locale that should be used to affect the format and +contents of diagnostic messages written to standard error. +.IP "\fINLSPATH\fP" 10 +Determine the location of message catalogs for the processing of +.IR LC_MESSAGES . +.SH "ASYNCHRONOUS EVENTS" +Default. +.SH STDOUT +The standard output shall be the text from the input file modified as +described in the DESCRIPTION section. +.SH STDERR +None. +.SH "OUTPUT FILES" +None. +.SH "EXTENDED DESCRIPTION" +None. +.SH "EXIT STATUS" +The following exit values shall be returned: +.IP "\00" 6 +All input files were output successfully. +.IP >0 6 +An error occurred. +.SH "CONSEQUENCES OF ERRORS" +Default. +.LP +.IR "The following sections are informative." +.SH "APPLICATION USAGE" +None. +.SH EXAMPLES +.IP " 1." 4 +The following command: +.RS 4 +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf + +asa \fIfile\fR +.fi +.P +.RE +.P +permits the viewing of +.IR file +(created by a program using FORTRAN-style carriage-control characters) +on a terminal. +.RE +.IP " 2." 4 +The following command: +.RS 4 +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf + +a.out | asa | lp +.fi +.P +.RE +.P +formats the FORTRAN output of +.BR a.out +and directs it to the printer. +.RE +.SH RATIONALE +The +.IR asa +utility is needed to map ``standard'' FORTRAN 77 output into a form +acceptable to contemporary printers. Usually, +.IR asa +is used to pipe data to the +.IR lp +utility; see +.IR lp . +.P +This utility is generally used only by FORTRAN programs. The +standard developers decided to retain +.IR asa +to avoid breaking the historical large base of FORTRAN applications +that put carriage-control characters in their output files. There is no +requirement that a system have a FORTRAN compiler in order to run +applications that need +.IR asa . +.P +Historical implementations have used an ASCII +<form-feed> +in response to a 1 and an ASCII +<carriage-return> +in response to a +.BR '\(pl' . +It is suggested that implementations treat characters other than 0, 1, +and +.BR '\(pl' +as +<space> +in the absence of any compelling reason to do otherwise. However, the +action is listed here as ``unspecified'', permitting an implementation +to provide extensions to access fast multiple-line slewing and channel +seeking in a non-portable manner. +.SH "FUTURE DIRECTIONS" +None. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.IR "\fIfort77\fR\^", +.IR "\fIlp\fR\^" +.P +The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1\(hy2017, +.IR "Chapter 8" ", " "Environment Variables" +.\" +.SH COPYRIGHT +Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form +from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology +-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base +Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, +Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of +Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. +In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and +The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard +is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at +http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html . +.PP +Any typographical or formatting errors that appear +in this page are most likely +to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to +man page format. To report such errors, see +https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html . |