ŸWhen theacif command processes any unrecognized or unsupported parameter,acif issues a message, ignores the parameter, and continues processing any remaining parametersacif . commandThe then stops

processing.

ŸThough the parameters themselves are not case-sensitive, associated

such

as file names, attribute names, and directoryarecase-sensitivenames .

For

example,

formdef=F1MINE

isnot

the same as

formdef=f1mine

Be sure to specify these values in the case in which they exist system (for external resources) or in the print file (for inline re

Ÿ If

the

same

parameter is

specified moreacif thancommandone timuse,s the

the

last

value

specified.

For example, if you specify the followin

pagedef=P1MINE

pagedef=P1YOURS

theacif command uses page definition P1YOURS only.

Description

The acif

command transforms S/370 line data, mixed-mode

data,

and

unformatte

ASCII files into the Mixed Object: Document Content

Architecture for

Pr

(MO:DCA-P)

data

stream. With this data stream, you

can

do

the

following:

Ÿ

Print

the

file

on a

printer defined

to

PSF

for

AIX,

or to

other

PS

Ÿ

View

the

file

using

a viewer

product

such

as

AFP

Workbench

 

Ÿ

Archive and retrieve

the file

using

your

own

archival

management syst

The acif command provides indexing and resource retrieval capabilities, wh enable you to perform the viewing, archiving, and retrieving tasks with appropriate system and software.

Three types of files can be generated, depending on what output opti specify:

Ÿ

An

AFP

document

file

Ÿ

An

AFP

resource

file

ŸAn index object file

When

you

use acifthe command

to

convert

S/370

line

data or unformatted ASCII

data,

you

must

specify

a pagepagedef definitionparameter)( . If

the

page

definition names some fonts,acif thecommand uses those fonts. If the page

definition

does

not

name

any

fonts

(like

the

sample

page

definitions su

PSF for AIX), and if

you

want the

file

to print with more than one f

input

file

must

contain table

reference

characters,

and

you must:

ŸSpecifytrc=yes .

ŸUsechars to indicate the fonts to be associated with each Table

Character (TRC)fontname1. is associated withfontname2TRC 0, is associated with TRC 1, and so on.

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