                              Command : DELIVER

 SYNTAX:
   [##:##] Command: deliver <ITEM> <SECTS> <THRESH>

The deliver command is used to specify to which sector the various commodities
in a sector will be delivered at each update.

In the syntax, <SECTS> is the sector or sectors from which the deliveries  are
made, <ITEM> is one of the following:

                              Command : DELIVER

   u       uncompensated workers
   f       food
   s       shells
   g       guns
   p       planes
   i       iron ore
   d       gold dust
   b       bars of gold
   o       oil
   l       light construction materials
   h       heavy construction materials
   r       radioactive materials

and <THRESH> can be one of three optional arguments.

    1). A numeric argument in parentheses specifies a  minimum  amount  to  be
    left in each delivering sector.  For example, (64) specifies that only the
    amount in excess of 64 can be delivered.  This is  particularly  handy  in
    cases  where  you  wish  to maintain some stock in a given sector but pass

                              Command : DELIVER

    along any extra to an adjoining sector.

    2). A numeric argument preceded by a plus sign, (e.g. +32), specifies that
    all thresholds in the specified area should be set to the thresh value and
    no delivery destinations should be changed.

    3). A thresh argument of - requests a list of  deliveries  and  thresholds
    for  all  sectors  in the specified area and changes nothing.  This is the
    only way to examine the delivery thresholds.

Except in the + and - cases described above, the program  asks  the  direction
for each sector's delivery of the designated item.

The direction must be specified as one of the six direction characters,  (usu-
ally  `y'  `h' `b' `v' `f' or `t'), the no-direction character, (usually `h'),
or just a carriage return, (in which case the delivery will not be changed  in
that sector).

                              Command : DELIVER

You may also specify a threshold at this time which will override  any  thres-
hold  specified  by  the  command  arguments by following the direction with a
number in parentheses.

NOTE: delivery thresholds are stored as a multiple of 8.   Thus  specifying  a
threshold of (25) will actually become a threshold of 24.

The census and commodity reports will indicate deliveries by the same  charac-
ters used to specify them in this command.

If accessing a sector causes an update to be  performed  and  the  destination
sector  is  not  owned  by you, the message delivery walkout between x,y & x,y
will be printed and nothing will be delivered.

Delivery routes may also be mapped out with the route command.

See also : census, commodity, route, innards, syntax

