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



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

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

DESCRIPTION
       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 Cotrol-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  the
       modem  device  is  thus	needed when downloading or uploading, respec-
       tively.

OPTIONS
       -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 tranfer 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 exist-
	      ing file by this name will be truncated.

USAGE WITH MINICOM
       If you want to call this program from minicom(1), start minicom and go
       to  the Options menu. Select File transfer protocols.  Add the follow-
       ing 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
       Miquel van Smoorenburg, miquels@cistron.nl
       Jukka Lahtinen, walker@clinet.fi

SEE ALSO
       minicom(1)



			 $Date: 2000/11/17 15:20:28 $		 ASCII-XFR(1)

UNIX/Linux commands referenced on this page:

1. as
2. file
3. minicom