On 2021-04-25, Grant Taylor <gtay...@gentoo.tnetconsulting.net> wrote:
> On 4/25/21 12:14 PM, Grant Edwards wrote:

>> Nope. Many years ago I used UUCP a number of times for "production" 
>> projects involving data gathering from remote systems via dial-up.
>
>:-)
>
>> 25+ years ago, I wrote an article about one of those projects for
>> Linux Journal.
>
> Can you narrow that down any more?  I'd like to go find a copy of it
> and read it.

https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/2880

>> I'd probably have better luck with Kermit.
>
> Please elaborate.

I've used Kermit on Windows before. I already have Kermit installed on
Linux and use it every day. I've never run UUCP on Windows, and have
no idea that would be involved in getting it running in Win10 (I know
that WSL is out of the question -- I haven't looked into Cygwin).

> My fear is that Kermit would be more manual for transferring files one 
> at a time.  Maybe I'm wrong.

Yes, it would definitly be less convenient than UUCP.

>> and proxy, and I can get files to/from the Windows machine that way.
>
> ~chuckle~
>
> That happens.
>
>> So my initial question is moot.
>
> ;-)




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