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From: alschnei@starlink.com (Alan Schneider)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc
Subject: Re: Retrieving Files
Date: Fri, 03 Nov 1995 04:11:20 GMT
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egrant@cyg.net (Eugene Grant) wrote:

>Does anyone know a way to retrieve files using PCPLUS or MS WINDOWS
>terminal from a BSDI 2.0.1 box  without having the client using a TCP
>Stack or FTP.
>We need our customers to be able to retrieve but do not want hassle of
>giving them TCP of FTP. Would like them to use Xmodem or Zmodem or
>Kermit.

How about dialing into the BSDI box, getting to a shell prompt and
using ZMODEM or YMODEM or KERMIT to send the files.  PCPLUS will xfer
in any of those protocols, and BSDI has utilities such as sx and sz to
transfer files.

>Any help would be apprieciated

>Thanks for the bandwidth

>E. A. Grant