Xref: utzoo alt.bbs:5936 comp.dcom.modems:10578 Newsgroups: alt.bbs,comp.dcom.modems Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!hobbes.physics.uiowa.edu!maverick.ksu.ksu.edu!unlinfo.unl.edu!nolan From: nolan@helios.unl.edu (Michael Nolan) Subject: Re: Can zmodem be used from a Unix box to a BBS on a PC? Message-ID: Sender: news@unlinfo.unl.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: helios.unl.edu Reply-To: nolan@helios.unl.edu Organization: University of Nebraska - Lincoln References: <1991Jun21.130809.22536@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> <1991Jun24.215626.9705@chinet.chi.il.us> Date: 25 Jun 91 03:25:44 GMT Lines: 19 les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell) writes: >Most cu's leave a process reading from the remote tty line during the > ~! and ~$ escapes so you normally can't run file transfer protocols >as a shell escape. It isn't a matter of redirection, there is just >another process competing for inbound characters. I've been told that >some versions of cu have a ~+ escape that will stop the reading process >for the duration, but I don't know what machines allow it. Kermit will >let you use shell escapes for other transfer protocols, but you have >to do your own redirection: "! sz file... /dev/ttynn". The NCR Tower (in SVR2 at least) has a ~% shell escape, which allows you to run a protocol, disabling the reading process for the duration. There is a defined call to rzsz as ~%takez and ~%putz. It doesn't work as well as one might like, though. LOTS of errors with some remote systems. ------- Michael Nolan This is my .sig Internet: nolan@helios.unl.edu T*His_iS#MY%.SIg oN DrUGs!@%#@% UUCP: tssi!nolan Any questions?