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From: jgreco@archimedes.math.uwm.edu (Joe Greco)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: FTP
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Date: 2 Mar 90 04:47:48 GMT
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In article <13378.25ed5ab4@max.u.washington.edu> scott@max.u.washington.edu writes:
>I think you will have better luck if the system is an UNIX. 
>The commands for transfering files via the Xmodem protocol is:
>       Download from Unix,
>                    sx -b <filename>
>       Upload to Unix,
>                    rx -b <filename>

Good.  Hand out instructions telling people to use programs that aren't even
available on most UNIX systems.

"xmodem" is more common than the "rz/sz" package.  If you do not have rx/sx
available (they work better for binaries, IMHO) then try xmodem.