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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!geraldo.cc.utexas.edu!portal.austin.ibm.com!awdprime.austin.ibm.com!boyd From: boyd@austin.ibm.com (Boyd R. Faulkner) Subject: Re: how to use zmodem Originator: boyd@pal411.austin.ibm.com Message-ID: <CC82B5.33Ix@austin.ibm.com> Sender: boyd@austin.ibm.com () Date: Mon, 23 Aug 1993 17:09:05 GMT Reply-To: boyd@catburg.uucp References: <RAM.93Aug21124038@xor.epi.wisc.edu> Organization: IBM Austin Lines: 48 In article <RAM.93Aug21124038@xor.epi.wisc.edu>, ram@xor.epi.wisc.edu (Ram Bhamidipaty) writes: > So could some kind soul clue me in. A complete script of what you would > be great. I mostly use kermit to call from my 386bsd system to my sun at > work. > > I suppose there must be a way to start zmodem on the remote end > drop out of kermit and still keep the line up and then start > zmodem on the local end...anyway I really don't know what to try. > > Thanks for any info. > -Ram > > -- > -------------- > Ram Bhamidipaty use this ->ram@epidat.epi.wisc.edu > Department of Preventive Medicine or this->ram%epidat.decnet@macc.wisc.edu > University of Wisconsin, Madison Ignore the header. It might be wrong. Hey, I had to ask. The principle is to get the sz and rz programs to talk via the serial ports unimpeded by kermit. Essentially, your analysis is correct. say you are logged into a remote site via kermit and wish to download a file. I also assume you have the console driver with more one ttyvx. Try this. In the second session on your local box, type without hitting return (for timings sake). This also assumes you are using the sio drivers. Not required but vastly superior. rz </dev/cua00 >/dev/cua00 On your kermit session, remote box, type sz <whatever you want to send> then hit enter, then <ctl \> c to back out of the session. You needn't exit kermit completely. switch back to the second session and hit enter on the rz line. The transfer should commence. rz line is redirecting rz to use the serial line on both input and output. sz is already doing so by virtue of kermit. If you forget to back out of the kermit terminal session, you can get read timeouts all day. Good Luck, Boyd