[linux-help] Re: Serial data transfer -

[Jonathan Hall <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, I have a much better suggestion. =)

Use pppd.

Spend $10 on a null-modem cable, or $6 on a null-modem adaptor, and use
pppd.

Just create a PPP connection between the two PCs, then use FTP (or any other
protocol) to transfer the files.


On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 09:58:58AM -0600, Wilner, Alden wrote:
> The short answer is "uucp."
> 
> The long answer is, this is a fairly complicated protocol, predating the
> internet. Actually, it was the original basis of the internet, I suppose. It
> takes a while to figure it out.
> 
> If no one else comes up with a better solution, I'd suggest going to
> redhat's web site and searching on "uucp."  I did, and it got me here:
> http://www.europe.redhat.com/documentation/HOWTO/UUCP-HOWTO.php3
> 
> At a glance it looks like everything you need is here -- if you're of a mind
> to slog through it all. Otherwise you can wait for someone else to come up
> with a better suggestion. But I'm pretty sure, once you get uucp working,
> you can layer all sorts of other protocols on top of it, like ftp, nfs
> mounts, rpc, and all that stuff.
> 
> Sincerely,
> Alden Wilner -- alden.wilner@xxxxxxxx
> "The Good Old Days were when you were too ignorant to know any better."
> -- Oleta Adams
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: BOB GOODWIN [mailto:w2bod@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 9:38 AM
> > To: linux-help@xxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [linux-help] Serial data transfer -
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Can anyone suggest a program to move data between two Linux 
> > boxes via the
> > serial port? RH-7 has a number of applications with cryptic 
> > names and I
> > don't know where to start.
> > 
> > Bob Goodwin
> > - Durant, Florida
> > 
> > Red Hat Linux release 7.0
> > Kernel 2.2.16-22 i586
> > 
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