Why not just use something like gzip on the standard output and pipe it over the network with netcat?
That could be a very good thing for files. What does netcat use for authentication and access control? Bill - WA7NWP - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-hams" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
