UNIX-to-PC communications help needed
John Gordon
gordon at osiris.cso.uiuc.edu
Wed Feb 27 04:36:58 AEST 1991
I write:
> Hi, Netters. I'm going to be working on a project that involves
>a PC dialing up a UNIX system, getting some information, and then logging
>off and processing the info. The information could be small (< 5K) or
>large (> 2-5M). Does any one have any suggestions on how to do this?
>Or any source code that would have helpful examples? Any info will be
>greatly appreciated.
Upon further thought, I think that I should have stated my
needs a little clearer. What I need is for the user to enter a search command
into the PC, then the PC calls up the Unix system and relays the search
command to a database, then captures the resultant information and sends
it back down to the PC. I am not sure exactly how is the best way to do
this: have the Unix end save the info to a big file and just download it
to the PC, or maintain the connection and just send info record-by-record
as the user requests it, or what. Something I would really be interested
in would be C source examples of PC-Unix communications via a modem.
Sorry that I did not make myself really clear on what I wanted. If anyone
could provide more help, I would be grateful.
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John Gordon
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