Hey All!   
      
   If you see this post then it represents editting the FTN perl pack   
   thingy as follows;   
      
   ---------------------------------------------------------------------   
     echo "$origNode $destNode ${PKT_DATE[@]} 0 2 $origNet $destNet \   
           255 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $origZone $destZone 0 256 16 3 \   
           1 $origZone $destZone $origPoint $destPoint 0 0" | \   
       perl -e 'while(<>){@myarray = split(/ +/, $_);};\   
       print pack("S12C10S4C2S7", @myarray);' > $3   
   ---------------------------------------------------------------------   
      
   I managed to cypher some of the above hardcoded fields and will attempt   
   an 'explanation' if indeed the above works which will be evidenced   
   by it showing up as a vaild message somewhere other than on my display.   
      
   What a pain.   
      
   Life is good,   
   Maurice   
      
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