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- Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!uknet!edcastle!adam
- From: adam@castle.ed.ac.uk (Adam Hamilton)
- Newsgroups: comp.protocols.iso
- Subject: Re: How do you transfer files over X.25 using pad?
- Keywords: X.25, PAD, Sunlink, file transfer
- Message-ID: <24211@castle.ed.ac.uk>
- Date: 28 Jul 92 08:21:25 GMT
- References: <697@iac.uunet.uu.net>
- Organization: Edinburgh University
- Lines: 23
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- In article <697@iac.uunet.uu.net> iac!simpson@uunet.uu.net writes:
- >
- >SunOS 4.1.1, Sunlink X.25, Infonet X.25 PDN
- >
- >We have the need to transfer files between two Sun machines on an X.25
- >network (Infonet). One machine will not be running x25manager so we
- >won't have the two machines speaking TCP/IP between them and we won't
- >be able to copy files using rcp. We will have the x29 daemon running
- >between the two machines though so we would like to transfer files
- >using pad. Is there any way to do this?
-
- Your pad MAY have a facility to save its output in a file. At least
- some versions of pad allow the user to break in (<CTRL-P>,a is the usual
- keystroke combination). At this point you type "s file" and all subsequent
- host output is copied to "file". Check your documentation and/or try "help"
- from the pad prompt.
- Problems:
- Only works for Ascii (7-bit text) files.
- It is no real substitute for proper file transfer (Harald's suggestion of
- running ISODE's FTAM is better).
- Facility may not exist.
-
- Good luck, Adam
-