Re: Spectrum 2.2 telnet question...

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CUTblakeney@home.com (Jeff Blakeney) wrote:

>Tony Cianfaglione <ab616@chebucto.ns.ca> wrote:
>
>>   A member of our user group recently upgraded to Spectrum 2.2 and SIS
>>1.1.  His attempt to telnet into our freenet was successful, however his
>>download attempt wasn't.  It would fail to download a file via ZModem.
>>
>>   Checking things from the freenet side, I see:
>>
>>                    TIMEOUT due to pathname failure...
>
>I'm no unix expert and I've never used rz or sz before but are you
>using the right command?  Maybe sz on the server is expecting you to
>upload a file from the IIgs to the server and because you never sent
>the server a filename, that is why you got the timeout error that you
>mentioned above.

sz stands for send zmodem, so it should work.

>Try using rz and see what happens.

This is to send a file FROM the IIGS to the shell account.
This command is not needed since zmodem is automatic.
Unless the shell account has been configured with this
feature [automatic zmodem] off, that is.

>Another thought hit me while typing this.  Do you have Spectrum set up
>to automatically start ZModem transfers?  This can be set in the
>Settings/Options Menu.../Receiving Options... dialog.  With this set,
>after you type "sz test.txt" or whatever, are you getting some text on
>Spectrum's screen and does the file transfer dialog box appear?  If
>not, then I would say my suspicion above is correct.

It should be noted that some shell accounts have a
version of sz that works with some terminal programs
but not others.  For example, some work with Spectrum
for uploads but works with ProTERM only for downloads.

Strange, I know, but true!

I think more likely the problem is that telnet is 7 bits.
I do not see how you are going to be able to zmodem
through a telnet connection.

A better method would be to uuencode the file through
telnet on the freenet side and zap it over to your local
account, then zmodem from your local account.  I'm
not familiar with Spectrum scripting, but I think it ought
to be possible to automate the process.