colonel@sunybcs.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman) (01/12/87)
> Whatever that means ...
It doesn't have to mean anything! What do FS, GS, RS, and US mean?
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Col. G. L. Sicherman
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BI: colonel@sunybcs, csdsiche@ubvmslarry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) (01/12/87)
In article <1901@sunybcs.UUCP>, colonel@sunybcs.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman) writes: > > Whatever that means ... > > It doesn't have to mean anything! What do FS, GS, RS, and US mean? File Separator, Group Separator, Record Separator and Unit Separator. And I once wrote an ACK/NAK polling protocol which used the above control characters literally. Makes sense to me... <> Larry Lippman @ Recognition Research Corp., Clarence, New York <> UUCP: {allegra|bbncca|decvax|nike|rocksanne|watmath}!sunybcs!kitty!larry <> VOICE: 716/688-1231 {hplabs|ihnp4|mtune|seismo|utzoo}!/ <> FAX: 716/741-9635 {G1,G2,G3 modes} "Have you hugged your cat today?"
ricker@bunker.UUCP (ricker) (01/22/87)
In article <1901@sunybcs.UUCP> colonel@sunybcs.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman) writes: >> Whatever that means ... >It doesn't have to mean anything! What do FS, GS, RS, and US mean? >-- >Col. G. L. Sicherman >UU: ...{rocksvax|decvax}!sunybcs!colonel >CS: colonel@buffalo-cs Those are ANSI/ISO-defined control sequences. ISO 646 reads as follows: FS - File Separator - delimits a data item called a file. GS - Group Separator - delimits a data item called a group. RS - Record Separator - delimits a data item called a record. US - Unit Separator - delimits a data item called a unit. "A control character used to separate and qualify data logically; its specific meaning has to be defined for each application. If [the] character is used in hierarchical order as specified in the general definition of IS, it delimits a data item called a {file,group,record,unit}." ----------- Buffalo Soldier