Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!osiris.cso.uiuc.edu!gordon From: gordon@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (John Gordon) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: UNIX-to-PC communications help needed Keywords: unix,pc Message-ID: <1991Feb26.173658.25189@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 26 Feb 91 17:36:58 GMT References: <1991Feb26.163303.14143@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Sender: usenet@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (News) Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 26 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. --- John Gordon Internet: gordon@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu #include gordon@cerl.cecer.army.mil #include