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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 sig-
     nals End-Of-File, if option -e is specified (unless you change it	to  Con-
     trol-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
     -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
     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
     Miquel van Smoorenburg, miquels@cistron.nl
     Jukka Lahtinen, walker@netsonic.fi

SEE ALSO
     minicom(1)

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

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