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Re: [opensuse] old timers - old timer needs help remembering file transfer over serial connection
- From: "David C. Rankin" <drankinatty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:40:21 -0500
- Message-id: <49DBBA35.1060007@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Carlos E. R. wrote:
Brilliant,
Worked like a champ. I knew uuencode/uudecode would come in handy again
some
day. (shaking head to shape the cobwebs off the memories that that was the only
way to get program files from the bulletin boards in the early '90s)
15:20 alchemy:~> cat DonQuixote
In a village of La Mancha, the name of which I have no desire to call to
mind, there lived not long since one of those gentlemen that keep a lance
in the lance-rack, an old buckler, a lean hack, and a greyhound for
coursing. An olla of rather more beef than mutton, a salad on most
nights, scraps on Saturdays, lentils on Fridays, and a pigeon or so extra
on Sundays, made away with three-quarters of his income. The rest of it
went in a doublet of fine cloth and velvet breeches and shoes to match
for holidays, while on week-days he made a brave figure in his best
homespun. He had in his house a housekeeper past forty, a niece under
twenty, and a lad for the field and market-place, who used to saddle the
hack as well as handle the bill-hook. The age of this gentleman of ours
was bordering on fifty; he was of a hardy habit, spare, gaunt-featured, a
very early riser and a great sportsman. They will have it his surname was
Quixada or Quesada (for here there is some difference of opinion among
the authors who write on the subject), although from reasonable
conjectures it seems plain that he was called Quexana. This, however, is
of but little importance to our tale; it will be enough not to stray a
hair's breadth from the truth in the telling of it.
Now we have 3 ways to skin this cat:
(1) Fix the mgetty+sendfax issue (recover adaptive answer and ppp)
(2) Try sz
(3) uuencode--capture--uudecode
Thanks for your help with this one Carlos, Philip, Patrick, James and
all.
This will definitely find a place on the web site under the 'ancient history'
menu entry ;-)
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Rankin Law Firm, PLLC
510 Ochiltree Street
Nacogdoches, Texas 75961
Telephone: (936) 715-9333
Facsimile: (936) 715-9339
www.rankinlawfirm.com
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If that doesn't work, then try the uuencode trick:
uuencode file filename
this produces an ascii text that you can capture locally and convert to
the binary file again by using uudecode.
Try decoding this:
cer@nimrodel:~> uuencode quixote DonQuixote
begin 644 DonQuixote
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M:6YC;VUE+B!4:&4@<F5S="!O9B!I=`IW96YT(&EN(&$@9&]U8FQE="!O9B!F
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!"@``
`
end
cer@nimrodel:~>
-- Cheers,
Carlos E. R.
Brilliant,
Worked like a champ. I knew uuencode/uudecode would come in handy again
some
day. (shaking head to shape the cobwebs off the memories that that was the only
way to get program files from the bulletin boards in the early '90s)
15:20 alchemy:~> cat DonQuixote
In a village of La Mancha, the name of which I have no desire to call to
mind, there lived not long since one of those gentlemen that keep a lance
in the lance-rack, an old buckler, a lean hack, and a greyhound for
coursing. An olla of rather more beef than mutton, a salad on most
nights, scraps on Saturdays, lentils on Fridays, and a pigeon or so extra
on Sundays, made away with three-quarters of his income. The rest of it
went in a doublet of fine cloth and velvet breeches and shoes to match
for holidays, while on week-days he made a brave figure in his best
homespun. He had in his house a housekeeper past forty, a niece under
twenty, and a lad for the field and market-place, who used to saddle the
hack as well as handle the bill-hook. The age of this gentleman of ours
was bordering on fifty; he was of a hardy habit, spare, gaunt-featured, a
very early riser and a great sportsman. They will have it his surname was
Quixada or Quesada (for here there is some difference of opinion among
the authors who write on the subject), although from reasonable
conjectures it seems plain that he was called Quexana. This, however, is
of but little importance to our tale; it will be enough not to stray a
hair's breadth from the truth in the telling of it.
Now we have 3 ways to skin this cat:
(1) Fix the mgetty+sendfax issue (recover adaptive answer and ppp)
(2) Try sz
(3) uuencode--capture--uudecode
Thanks for your help with this one Carlos, Philip, Patrick, James and
all.
This will definitely find a place on the web site under the 'ancient history'
menu entry ;-)
--
David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.
Rankin Law Firm, PLLC
510 Ochiltree Street
Nacogdoches, Texas 75961
Telephone: (936) 715-9333
Facsimile: (936) 715-9339
www.rankinlawfirm.com
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