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From: davidsen@sungod.crd.ge.com (William Davidsen)
Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems
Subject: Re: zmodem vs kermit
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Date: 2 Jun 89 17:41:37 GMT
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In article <25165@agate.BERKELEY.EDU> ked@garnet.berkeley.edu (Earl H. Kinmonth) writes:

| It may not be obvious from the documentation, but zmodem may be run from
| within kermit.  For example, on my Xenix installation, from within kermit
| 
| ! sz < /dev/tty1a > /dev/tty1a [-options] files(s)
| 
| activates zmodem to send file(s) to a previously initiated rz -e session.
| I generally use a pd version of CU in preference to kermit on the transmit
| side because the former requires much less memory.

  I generated a shell to do that and some error checking as well. It
accepts an argument which is the program to run, and has a few other
features, as well. Mail if you want a copy.
	bill davidsen		(davidsen@crdos1.crd.GE.COM)
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"Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me