ascii-xfr(1) — Linux manual page

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ASCII-XFR(1)                 Linux Users Manual                 ASCII-XFR(1)

NAME top

       ascii-xfr - upload/download files using the ASCII protocol

SYNOPSIS top

       ascii-xfr -s|-r [-ednv] [-l linedelay] [-c characterdelay] filename

DESCRIPTION top

       Ascii-xfr Transfers files in ASCII mode. This means no flow control,
       no checksumming and no file-name negotiation. It should only be used
       if the remote system doesn't understand anything else.

       The ASCII protocol transfers files line-by-line. The EOL (End-Of-
       Line) character is transmitted as CRLF. When receiving, the CR
       character is stripped from the incoming file.  The Control-Z (ASCII
       26) character signals End-Of-File, if option -e is specified (unless
       you change it to Control-D (ASCII 4) with -d).

       Ascii-xfr reads from stdin when receiving, and sends data on stdout
       when sending. Some form of input or output redirection to the modem
       device is thus needed when downloading or uploading, respectively.

OPTIONS top

       -s     Send a file.

       -r     Receive a file. One of -s or -r must be present.

       -e     Send the End-Of-File character (Control-Z, ASCII 26 by
              default) when uploading has finished.

       -d     Use the Control-D (ASCII 4) as End-Of-File character.

       -n     Do not translate CR to CRLF and vice versa.

       -v     Verbose: show transfer statistics on the stderr output.

       -l milliseconds
              When transmitting, pause for this delay after each line.

       -c milliseconds
              When transmitting, pause for this delay after each character.

       file   Name of the file to send or receive. When receiving, any
              existing file by this name will be truncated.

USAGE WITH MINICOM top

       If you want to call this program from minicom(1), start minicom and
       go to the Options menu. Select File transfer protocols.  Add the
       following lines, for example as protocols I and J.

       I  Ascii    /usr/bin/ascii-xfr -sv   Y   U   N   Y
       J  Ascii    /usr/bin/ascii-xfr -rv   Y   D   N   Y

AUTHOR top

       Miquel van Smoorenburg, miquels@cistron.nl
       Jukka Lahtinen, walker@netsonic.fi

SEE ALSO top

       minicom(1)

COLOPHON top

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                        $Date: 2006-10-28 14:35:59 $            ASCII-XFR(1)