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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel!munnari.oz.au!uunet!decwrl!csus.edu!netcom.com!alm From: alm@netcom.com (Andrew Moore) Subject: tip ~C command from an xterm window [386BSD/XFree86]? Message-ID: <30_p#2g.alm@netcom.com> Date: Tue, 29 Sep 92 03:40:32 GMT Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest) Lines: 21 I call into a remote system via the tip command from within an xterm window. I initiate a file transfer with tip's ~C command and attempt to change to a local xterm - effectively putting the transfer in the background. But as soon as the transfer begins, the mouse cursor is forced to the bottom of the screen until the transfer is terminated, i.e., local$ xterm & local$ tip remote-sys [...] remote$ sz file ~C Local Command? rz [mouse goes to bottom of screen... can't go to other xterm] Tip connects the standard i/o to the modem port and stderr during the ~C command. Perhaps writing to stderr is causing the problem? If so, why? In any case, what can be done about it? How can one initiate background xfers using tip? Thanks. -Andrew Moore <alm@netcom.com>