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to: CHARLES ANGELICH
from: WAYNE CHIRNSIDE
date: 2003-12-18 09:16:00
subject: Re: another foul up

-=> CHARLES ANGELICH wrote to PASCAL SCHMIDT <=-

 CA> 1237e194c3f2
 CA> tech



 CA> Hello Pascal -

 CA>> The standard telnet will not give you a child process
 CA>> (comand line) to call sz or rz and use the already opened
 CA>> 'port' that connects you to the BBS. The ztelnet program
 CA>> _does_ have this function built into it. :-)

 PS> I wouldn't be so sure. ^] in the standard telnet client
 PS> gives you a command prompt and you can start external
 PS> commands with !command. I don't know whether one could
 PS> start a zmodem client that way, though. That depends on
 PS> whether telnet connects the input and output of the child
 PS> process with the telnet session. No idea.

 CA> I haven't tried to use the standard telnet, exit to a child
 CA> process, and initiate 'sz' or 'rz' using the same port/connect
 CA> as the parent but I'm guessing it's not doable or is extremely
 CA> awkward?

 CA> If the standard telnet was sufficient why would anyone have
 CA> written ztelnet? ;-)

I tried it here without success, YMMV.
 
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