modem programs for Unix

adam.v.reed avr at cbnewsj.ATT.COM
Tue Oct 24 02:14:39 AEST 1989


In article <1053 at faatcrl.UUCP>, jimb at faatcrl.UUCP (Jim Burwell) writes:
>   Tip and cu just
> don't cut it, since they don't have any file transfer protocols, etc.

Really? Try the following:
1. Obtain, compile, and install the public domain umodem program.
	Most serious UNIX installations have it already. To see
	if this step can be omitted, try 'whence umodem' in ksh.
2. Call the remote machine with tip and get in.
3. Start up xmodem/ymodem/zmodem in appropriate mode on the remote.
4. Use the ~C escape to start up umodem on the local machine:
	~C umodem -<options> <file>
You can substitute any other file transfer protocol for 'modem'
in the above if you have, or can write, a small protocol-handling
program analogous to 'umodem'.

Incidentally, the ~C escape of tip is documented on the first
page of tip(1C).
				Adam_V_Reed at ATT.com



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