On 6 Mar 2003 at 5:21, Howard Eisenberger wrote: >On Thu, Mar 06, 2003 at 03:36:07AM -0500, ANDY wrote: > >> I am trying to download a binary file using kermit from a unix server >> while logged into it in a shell session via telnet... > >> my question is this: how do I download using this Kermit from my ISP's >> unix server which I only know uses sx, sz and sy proto's/commands?? > >In order to use kermit, it has to be installed on both ends. If kermit >is installed on the unix server, you would type "kermit -s filename" >to send the file and use kermit in your terminal/telnet program to >receive it. > >> do I type sz -b at the unix prompt? then go into kermit transfer mode and >> wait? are zmodem, xmodem, ymodem compatible or can they be made compatible >> with kermit transfer mode?? > >Likewise, you have to use the same protocol at both ends. If you >use "sz -b filename" to send the file, you would use zmodem in >your terminal/telnet program to receive it. > >Personally, I use ftp to transfer files to/from my shell accounts >over the Internet. > >Howard E.
Howard has about covered it, except that I've found that, using "sz" to send files from UNIX to Win3.1 / DOS, I have had to use the line: sz -o -b filename The "-o" option forces use of a 16-bit checksum, which is what the communications program I usually use (Telix) assumes. Otherwise, my downloads stall with the first block being downloaded again and again, as the CRC fails, since the "sz" program I use assumes a 32-bit checksum. Your communications program may support more than one type of file transfer protocol, so you may be able to change the type that it is expecting to receive. Hope this helps, Anthony J. Albert =========================================================== Anthony J. Albert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Systems and Software Support Specialist Postmaster Computer Services - University of Maine, Presque Isle "English doesn't borrow from other languages. English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over, and goes through their pockets for loose grammar." To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe SURVPC in the body of the message. Also, trim this footer from any quoted replies. More info can be found at; http://www.softcon.com/archives/SURVPC.html
