IBM WebSphere MQ Q PROGRAM - Middleware News Q is simple pipe line program which takes messages from one source and outputs to a target. The operation of the 'pipe' is controlled by switches to the program. The source and target can either be the console or a WebSphere MQ Queue. Since input/output can be taken from stdin/stdout these can also be files. Two instances of Q can therefore be used to implement a primitive file transfer program. On most platforms a single program, Q, is supplied, which can connect either as a local application or as a client. The mode of operation is controlled via the '-l' parameter given below. On other platforms, such as z/OS, only a single program, Q, is supplied which runs only as a local application. USAGE _____ If the Q program is executed without any parameters or with an invalid parameter it displays a brief description of each valid parameter. The parameters, alphabetically, are as follows: -a Sets m