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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!bruce.cs.monash.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!howland.reston.ans.net!xlink.net!boss.pem-stuttgart.de!delos.stgt.sub.org!luva!migieger From: migieger@luva.stgt.sub.org (Michael Giegerich) Subject: Re: how do you use rz/sz with *BSD? Keywords: zmodem rz sz References: <2jg5muINNdde@eccdb1.pms.ford.com> Organization: private FreeBSD site Date: Sat, 12 Feb 1994 23:34:08 GMT Message-ID: <CL4xHA.1Lr@luva.stgt.sub.org> Lines: 45 In article <2jg5muINNdde@eccdb1.pms.ford.com>, 0000-Admin(0000) <pdokas@pms988> wrote: [...] >Here's where the problem begin; I can't figure out how to get a remote >sz to talk to a local rz. Running sz on the remote machine is not a >problem, just type 'sz file' at the remote prompt. Running rz locally >however is a problem. Using kermit, I can drop to the kermit prompt and >type '!rz', but I get a 'can't open /dev/tty' as kermit is holding it. >Strike one. include the following lines into your .kermrc ---------- snip ---------- snip ---------- snip ---------- snip ---------- define sz !sz \%1 \%2 \%3 \%4 \%5 \%6 \%7 \%8 \%9 < \v(line) > \v(line) define rz !rz \%1 \%2 \%3 \%4 \%5 \%6 \%7 \%8 \%9 < \v(line) > \v(line) ---------- snip ---------- snip ---------- snip ---------- snip ---------- to call rz (sz) from within your local kermit or start sz at remote kermit. Get back to your local kermit. Suspend it. Do `rz < /dev/whatever-line-kermit-uses > /dev/whatever-line-kermit-uses' (for me it's /dev/cua00). [...] >So, I finally RTFM'd as a last resort. And 'man rz' explictly states >that it's not meant to be run from tip or cu and I assume kermit. It's >meant to be run with a 'real' program like Zterm on the Mac or Crosstalk >on Windows... Strike three. This is true for newer versions of rzsz (including version 3.24 as supplied w/ FreeBSD as package/kermit). The author removed the necessary code. Solution: use an older version of rzsz. rzsz-3.03 works. > >So, is anyone actually able to make zmodem connections work? >Perhaps zterm exists for *BSD. I'll have to search with archie. Yes. Works great! See above... -Michael -- ------------------------------+------------------------------ Michael Giegerich | migieger@luva.stgt.sub.org ------------------------------+------------------------------