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From: dynasoft!john@stag.UUCP (John Stanley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Unix ARC?
Message-ID: <0521891607360818@dynasoft.UUCP>
Date: 21 Jun 89 21:07:36 GMT
Reply-To: dynasoft!john@stag.UUCP (John Stanley)
Organization: DynaSoft Systems, Minneapolis, MN.
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[dit@alf.sybase.com (King Cobra) writes...]
> Ok, here's the scoop...I have megs and megs of files (well, a meg, ok) on 
> the computer that I use at work. It is a real pain in the ass to Kermit each
> file one by one (uniterm on ST, Ckermit on Sun) via modem. So, is there a 
> way that I could put files into a HUGE Archive and just get it overnight,
> say? Is there a unix arcer compatible with the ST ARC format?

  There are a number of ports for ARC that run on various unix machines,
but since you don't mention what version you're using (and I really don't
know much about unix arcivers), I can't help you on that.

  On the other hand, one thing I can strongly recommend is getting a copy
of a zmodem transfer program for your ST and your unix machine.  The
program pair sz/rz (aka. RZ.TTP and SZ.TTP) are available for both
machines (in C on unix).  It's very portable, has quite a few powerful
options, can transfer multiple (wildcarded) files, and is typicaly many
times faster (honest) than kermit, even kermit with the compression
available via ARC...

  A long time ago I used kermit to xfer between my ST and the Unix
machine I use.  When I first transfered a large file using zmodem, it
quit so soon that I though the transfer had died, but the file was
sitting on the receiving end totaly intact.

  Using a 2400 baud modem I've typicaly been able to transfer around
1meg/hour using zmodem.  (I'd hate to even consider how long that would
take using kermit...) Anyone using kermit to xfer files who could, with
a bit of work, use zmodem is loosing out on a good thing.

	... John STanley

  PS:  Don't even think about taking my above message as a critisism of
Kermit.  Kermit is a universal protocol designed to transfer between any
two programable boxes over almost any data channel.  As such, it does an
excelent job.  I'm only pointing out that using standard modem links
between two specific machines allows one to use much(!) faster (and less
general-purpose) tools.

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John Stanley <dynasoft!john@stag.UUCP>
Software Consultant / Dynasoft Systems