Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!lethe!yunexus!ists!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!evax!cs4344af From: cs4344af@evax.arl.utexas.edu (Fuzzy Fox) Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Subject: Re: ASCII Uploading Problems (Survey file) Message-ID: <1991Jan25.093739.3081@evax.arl.utexas.edu> Date: 25 Jan 91 09:37:39 GMT References: Organization: Computer Science Engineering Univ. of Texas at Arlington Lines: 26 In article lcs@remus.rutgers.edu (Lyle C. Seplowitz) writes: > >However, now I can't seem to upload the entire file (upload aborts for some >reason--I've tried several versions of the file). What transfer protocol are you using? I recommend Kermit for text files. It handles things like end-of-line characters for you. >So I used Desterm's transmit buffer feature to write to text file directly >into an EMACS file. This works fine except that there is an additional >carriage return added to each line. Why not instead of using Emacs, just enter your text straight from the command line? Try this: cat >file Then when cat waits for you to enter keyboard input, use the ascii upload feature to send the file. When it is done, press Ctrl-D to tell cat to stop getting input. -- begin 644 .signature G5&AI