Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!apple!usc!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!orstcs!usenet!jacobs.CS.ORST.EDU!throoph From: throoph@jacobs.CS.ORST.EDU (Henry Throop) Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2 Subject: Re: Specification Language for unattended file transfers Message-ID: Date: 5 Jan 91 18:33:55 GMT References: <15843@reed.UUCP> <15844@reed.UUCP> Sender: @usenet@scion.CS.ORST.EDU Organization: Oregon State University, Computer Science Dept Lines: 31 Nntp-Posting-Host: jacobs.cs.orst.edu reeder@reed.UUCP (Doug Reeder) writes: >1) Does anyone here know of an existing language (macro or otherwise) >suitable for the specification of unattended file transfers with systems >geared toward human interaction? I am thinking of a language where one >would name the files one desired transferred and the methods of: logging in, >telling the remote system to start a YMODEM (for example) transfer, and so >on. Have you looked at AE's ReadyLink? It has a full-blown Pascal-like programming language built in. This is not just a weekend hack; this is powerful stuff. One of the programs included is a bulletin board system that does what you want. Unfortunately, it's also riddled with bugs. I'm using it right now (because my RamKeeper keeps forgetting everything - anyone know why?), and in vi random lines above the cursorget erased when I scroll or move around. The language also had some problems; I think they were mainly due to timing; ie dropping chars, duplicate chars, etc. However, this was a year ago that I looked at it, and I would hope that it's been improved since then. >Doug Reeder USENET: ...!tektronix!reed!reeder Henry -- --- Henry Throop Internet: throoph@jacobs.cs.orst.edu