Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site fortune.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!fortune!stein 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 References: <162@dssoxnx.UUCP> Organization: Fortune Systems, Redwood City, CA Lines: 19 > 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