Is there an application for Linux that manages the transfer of files from one computer to another by way of the serial or parallel ports? Thanks Dennis J. Tuchler Professor of Law 3700 Lindell Blvd. St. Louis, Mo. 63108 314-977-2793
On November 15, 2001 10:17 am, Dennis J. Tuchler wrote:
Is there an application for Linux that manages the transfer of files from one computer to another by way of the serial or parallel ports?
We discussed this last week. I'm assuming one machine is linux and the other isn't. Edit /etc/inittab on the linux side so the line with agetty on it is uncommented. Also edit the settings. You'll want a higher speed then the default if both systems can handle it. You'll need to get inittab reread and agetty restarted. Worse case reboot. Connect a null modem cable to the serial port you're using for agetty. Most likely ttyS0 Connect the other end to the other machine. You'll need something like rz/sz installed on the Linux side. Should be on the CDs or you can get it from the net. Fairly small. On the non-linux machine you'll need a term program. Hopefully something that supports a vt100/102 terminal. Hit return a few times and you should be cooking if the settings match on both sides. Nick
On November 15, 2001 12:08 pm, you wrote:
"Dennis J. Tuchler" wrote:
Is there an application for Linux that manages the transfer of files from one computer to another by way of the serial or parallel ports?
Dosn't "plip" do this via paralell port? Look at the Plip-Install-howto.
IIRC, SuSE has a PLIP setup script, but I've never used it. -- James Oakley Engineering - SolutionInc Ltd. joakley@solutioninc.com http://www.solutioninc.com
On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Dennis J. Tuchler wrote:
Is there an application for Linux that manages the transfer of files from one computer to another by way of the serial or parallel ports?
Not in a single program. The two systems first need to be able to communicate via TCP/IP. Nowadays you can use almost all available connections to connect two Linux boxes (parallel, serial, USB, even SCSI!). So, setting up the initial communication link is the most crucial part but this is described in multiple HOWTOs (e.g. the PLIP-HOWTO for a parallel port connection). Some applications or tools for actually transferring the files via a TCP/IP connection are e.g.: o unison (my favourite for bidirectional syncing directories) o rsync o scp (secure copy, part of SSH) o ftp/http Hope that helps! Bye, LenZ -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Lenz Grimmer SuSE GmbH mailto:grimmer@suse.de Schanzaeckerstr. 10 http://www.suse.de/~grimmer/ 90443 Nuernberg, Germany You tell 'em Piano, you're upright and square.
On November 15, 2001 02:02 pm, you wrote:
On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Dennis J. Tuchler wrote:
Is there an application for Linux that manages the transfer of files from one computer to another by way of the serial or parallel ports?
Not in a single program. The two systems first need to be able to communicate via TCP/IP. Nowadays you can use almost all available connections to connect two Linux boxes (parallel, serial, USB, even SCSI!). So, setting up the initial communication link is the most crucial part but this is described in multiple HOWTOs (e.g. the PLIP-HOWTO for a parallel port connection). Some applications or tools for actually transferring the files via a TCP/IP connection are e.g.:
o unison (my favourite for bidirectional syncing directories) o rsync o scp (secure copy, part of SSH) o ftp/http
I definitely have to add FiSH as a really cool file transfer method. Available in KDE through kio_fish, and is native to mc. It uses SSH for the transport. -- James Oakley Engineering - SolutionInc Ltd. joakley@solutioninc.com http://www.solutioninc.com
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