ascii-xfr - upload/download files using the ASCII protocol

Author

       Miquel van Smoorenburg, miquels@cistron.nl
       Jukka Lahtinen, walker@netsonic.fi

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
       signals End-Of-File, if option -e is specified (unless you change it to Control-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.

Name

       ascii-xfr - upload/download files using the ASCII protocol

Options

-s     Send a file.

       -r     Receive a file. One of -s or -rmust 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.

       -lmilliseconds
              When transmitting, pause for this delay after each line.

       -cmilliseconds
              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.

Synopsis

ascii-xfr-s|-r [-ednv] [-llinedelay] [-ccharacterdelay] filename

Usage With Minicom

       If you want to call this program from minicom(1), start minicom and go to the Options menu.  Select  Filetransferprotocols.  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