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- XYZ v2.01 Quick Reference
-
- You should have the following files:
- XYZ.TTP The program itself
- XYZ.DOC Full documentation
- READ.ME This file
-
- Here it is at last -- XYZ with uploading!
-
- XYZ v2.01 is shareware. If you use it, please contribute. I suggest $10.
- Send contributions, along with any other comments, to:
-
- Alan Hamilton
- 6202 N. 16th St. #202
- Phoenix, AZ 85016-1734
-
- If you have already contributed for an earlier version of XYZ, you don't
- need to register again.
-
- I can also be reached on the GEnie network at STARFALL.
-
- XYZ version 2.01 is an enhanced version of v2.0. New features:
-
- o More detailed status display
- o Files to be sent can be specified in a text file
- o Files transferred successfully can be listed in a text file
- o Modem carrier detect can be monitored
- o Status messages can be suppressed
- o Extended ZMODEM options can be sent to systems that use the UNIX
- RZ and SZ programs
-
- The new status display shows the bytes left to transfer, the percent
- transferred, the characters per second (cps) for both the current
- block, and the average for the whole file, plus the estimated time left
- for the transfer. Since the estimated transfer time is now figured on
- the fly, XYZ does not have to know the modem port baud rate, so the
- -b command has been deleted.
-
- New commands:
- Remember, any option that takes a parameter must have the parameter right
- after the option. Do not put a space between them.
-
- RIGHT: -iFILELIST.TXT
- WRONG: -i FILELIST.TXT
-
- -i<filename> This option lets you specify files to upload in a text file,
- rather than on the command line. The files listed in the
- file will be uploaded in addition to any files on the
- command line. There is a limit of 100 filenames, but
- they can contain wildcards. Any wildcarded name will match
- and send any number of files. The filenames should be
- separated by any combination of tabs, spaces, cursor returns,
- or linefeeds.
-
- -o<filename> This option makes XYZ create a text file containing the names
- of all the files transferred successfully. Any files that
- were not transferred will not be listed. The filenames are
- separated by a cursor return/linefeed pair. If XYZ was
- not using the default folder, the filenames will have
- the path in front of them.
-
- -q[q] Quiet. This option keeps XYZ from printing the status
- messages that it normally prints. Error messages will still
- be printed. To suppress all messages, use the -qq option.
-
- -c Carrier detect. This monitors the carrier detect line
- on the modem port (pin 8). If the carrier is lost (the
- other system hangs up, etc.) XYZ will abort. For this
- to work, the modem must generate the carrier detect signal,
- and the modem cable must connect pin 8 to the ST.
-
- -1[filename] One file -- no batch transfers. For YMODEM and ZMODEM
- downloads, this makes XYZ only accept the first file sent.
- Any other files sent are rejected. If a filename is
- specified, the one file is saved under that name, not
- under the one the other system gave. Do not include any
- path information in this command -- just give the
- FILENAME.EXT. Use the regular folder specification on
- the command line to direct it into a folder other than
- the default one. Note that -1 is a number one, not
- the letter el. -l will not work.
-
- -z[options] This allows you to specified UNIX-style ZMODEM options to
- the remote system while uploading. The options letters
- are the same as the SZ commands. To conform with the UNIX
- style of parameters, the option letters must be in
- the proper case, upper or lower. For example, -zy tells
- RZ to overwrite any file that exists with the same name as
- the one being sent. XYZ does *not* use these commands;
- only use them when sending files to a system that uses the
- UNIX conventions.
-
- See XYZ.DOC for full information on all of the new features.
-
- Command line examples:
-
- No options means do a ZMODEM download to the
- current default folder
-
- c:\download Do a ZMODEM download to the DOWNLOAD folder on
- drive C
-
- -y Do a YMODEM download to the default folder
-
- -y c:\download Do a YMODEM download to the DOWNLOAD folder on
- drive C
-
- -x file1.arc Do a XMODEM download of FILE1.ARC to the default
- folder (a filename must always be used with XMODEM)
-
- To upload, put -u on the command line, along with the filename or filenames
- (up to ten) to be uploaded. They may contain wildcards, and all files that
- match a wildcard pattern will be sent.
-
- Examples:
-
- -u e:\uploads\*.* Do a ZMODEM upload of all files in the UPLOADS folder
-
- -u afile.txt Do a ZMODEM upload of AFILE.TXT that's in the default
- folder
-
- -u *.* Do a ZMODEM upload of all files in the default folder
- NOTE: If this is the folder XYZ.TTP is in, it will
- send itself, so watch out.
-
- -u -iFILELIST.TXT Do a ZMODEM upload of all the files listed in the
- text file FILELIST.TXT
-
- -y -u e:\uploads\*.ARC Send all ARC files in the UPLOADS folder
- using YMODEM
-
- XMODEM can only send one file. If you use wildcards, only the first file
- that matches will be sent.
-
- -x -u afile.txt Send AFILE.TXT from the default folder using
- XMODEM
-
- -x1k -u a:\bfile.txt Send BFILE.TXT from the root directory on drive
- A using XMODEM with 1k blocks
-
- If you have any problems, run XYZ with the -vlog.txt command, and send me
- the LOG.TXT file, along with any comments you may have. I can be reached as
- STARFALL on GEnie.
-