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From: pdokas@pms988 (0000-Admin(0000))
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions
Subject: how do you use rz/sz with *BSD?
Date: 11 Feb 1994 14:45:50 GMT
Organization: ECC at Ford Motor Company, Dearborn Michigan
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Summary: how do you use rz/sz with *BSD
Keywords: zmodem rz sz
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I've got a *BSD box that I use to connect to a local network provider.
And I've been down loading stuff pretty regularly. But, I've been
using kermit (slow, slow, slow) and I want to try zmodem (sz/rz).
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.
So I tried using tip. I run 'sz file' remotely and '~C rz' locally and
they just sit there and eventually time out. Strike two.
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.
So, is anyone actually able to make zmodem connections work?
Perhaps zterm exists for *BSD. I'll have to search with archie.
paul
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