Re: [ProgSoc] sz
Piers Johnson (piers.johnson@nospam.saimedia.com.au)
Thu, 30 Oct 1997 10:06:08 +1100
At 4:50 PM +1100 29/10/97, Richard John Vagg wrote:
>On Mon, 27 Oct 1997, Damjan C. Frankovic wrote:
>> Just wondering wouls anybody be able to help me with sz. I'm only able
>> to download short text files, and if i try and download binaries this is
>> what i get:
>>
>> ftoomsh[~]:69 > sz blah.exe
>>
>try 'sz -e blah.exe'
>this will escape control characters in the binary. Also it is a good idea
>to turn messages off ('mesg n') so they don't interupt the transfer.
And *don't* use screen - it fucks up x/zmodem transfers.
piers
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