.TH COURIER 1 
.SH NAME
courier \- remote procedure call compiler
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B courier
[
.B \-x
] specfile
.SH DESCRIPTION
.I courier
compiles the Mesa-like specification language
associated with the Courier remote procedure call protocol.
.SH FILES
.ta \w'prog_server.c  'u
prog.cr	Courier specification file for \fIprog\fR.
.PP
The following files are generated by courier from the above:
.LP
prog.h	definitions and typedefs
.br
prog_stubs.c	mappings between C and Courier
.br
prog_server.c	server routines
.br
prog_client.c	client routines
.SH BUGS
Note that program names are restricted to 5 characters to keep
generated filenames within the 14 character limit.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
Eric C. Cooper,
`Writing Distributed Programs with Courier'
.br
`Courier: The Remote Procedure Call Protocol,'
Xerox System Integration Standard 038112,
December 1981.