Need help with error correction.

[Leslie Mikesell]

In article <steve.665748651 at paddy> steve at gapos.bt.co.uk (Steve Rooke) writes:
>I have two sites, one sending a file, the other receiving.  There is a lot
>of corruption at the receiving end caused by line noise.  I am not able to
>use any standard form of error correction on the line but I can request
>retransmission of the file, as many times as needed, over another link.

Unless one or both of the sites are truely arcane or mismanaged, you
should be able to get a version of kermit working to provide error
correction during the transfer.  If you have a problem with getting
appropriate permissions for outbound calls with kermit, you might
consider using a PC as an intermediate, placing the calls into
both machines.  Both the unix and PC versions can be script-driven
so you can probably make it run unattended.

Les Mikesell
  les at chinet.chi.il.us