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From: caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: More xyzmodem problems (-a)
Message-ID: <768@omen.UUCP>
Date: 18 May 89 20:03:25 GMT
References: <24404@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <1399@bucket.UUCP> <765@omen.UUCP> <24552@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> <24556@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>
Reply-To: caf@omen.UUCP (Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX)
Organization: Omen Technology Inc, Portland Oregon
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In article <24556@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> marquis@qal.qal.berkeley.edu (Roger Marquis) writes:
:
:Does Zmodem support LF to CRLF translations with the '-a' switch as
:the documentation purports or not? I've compiled the Unix version from
:SIMTEL20 on a sun3 (68020) and a 386i and neither program will
:recognize the '-a' switch. 

Both rz and sz accept the -a flag, as in "sz -a foo.c".

:I can always use Xmodem (in Ymodem text mode) but I would like to
:know if other Zmodem users have this problem with 7 to 8 bit
:downloads.

What is "Ymodem text mode"?  Please note that YMODEM is a batch
protocol with file names sent by the sending program.

Chuck Forsberg WA7KGX          ...!tektronix!reed!omen!caf 
Author of YMODEM, ZMODEM, Professional-YAM, ZCOMM, and DSZ
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