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From: stein@fortune.UUCP (Mark Stein)
Newsgroups: net.unix
Subject: Re: uucp L.sys
Message-ID: <5071@fortune.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 4-Mar-85 14:50:15 EST
Article-I.D.: fortune.5071
Posted: Mon Mar  4 14:50:15 1985
Date-Received: Tue, 5-Mar-85 03:28:24 EST
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Organization: Fortune Systems, Redwood City, CA
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> Within an L.sys entry, how can I include spaces in a "send" field ?
> Specifically, I need to send a command of the form 
>     "connect device"
> after which I "expect" to receive some string like "connected".

How you do this depends on what version of UUCP you are running.  For
system V and 4.2BSD UUCPs, you use \s for space:
	connect\sdevice

In some versions (including Fortune's), you can specify \040:
	connect\040device

You're stuck if you have a vanilla v7-based UUCP (including 4.1BSD and
system III).  I don't think there is any way to specify non-printing
or white-space characters in these versions.  And, as you have found out,
quotes are not treated specially in the L.sys send fields.

				Mark Stein
				Fortune Systems