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From: gene@ponder.csci.unt.edu (Gene De Lisa)
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Subject: Re: using tip
Message-ID: <1991Mar4.003109.22386@solo.csci.unt.edu>
Date: 4 Mar 91 00:31:09 GMT
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In article <SCOTT.91Mar3124014@erick.gac.edu> scott@erick.gac.edu (Scott Hess) writes:
>In article <1991Mar3.035806.28203@leland.Stanford.EDU> kjell@portia.Stanford.EDU (Kjell Saeten) writes:
>   I am just wondering if it is possible to use tip to transfer binary-files ?
>   I need kermit, but I have some problems downloading it with tip.
>
>One method that is simple to use for this type of bootstrapping is to
>compress the remote executable, uuencode it, then cat(1) it.  On the
>local side, Select All, and copy/paste it into Edit, save it, etc, etc.
[...]

It might be better to simply uuencode it to a file then use tip's
tilde t command (take file). 
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