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From: BobR@cup.portal.com (Bob BobR Retelle)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Clarification of 'Transfer protocols'
Message-ID: <10694@cup.portal.com>
Date: 31 Oct 88 05:57:23 GMT
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Referring to a question about a terminal program which would call an
external program to do an actual file transfer, Glenn Euloth says:
> I believe you are right that there isn't such a program.

Actually, this is how VANTERM works...  the *only* "transfer protocol"
built into VANTERM is simple ASCII capture.  For any other kind of
file transfers, the terminal program calls an external program which must
exist separately somewhere on the system.  The author's reasoning for this
is "why re-invent the wheel?"

I've only used VANTERM once or twice, so I don't remember exactly how it
handles passing the parameters to the external protocol, but I don't
remember it being very different, if at all, from a "self-contained"
program like FLASH...
 
I don't know if my E-Mail about Interlink will get through to Eric Hopper,
so I'll just mention here that he should try to find VANTERM too... it's
a ShareWare product and is available on many local BBSs.
 
BobR