Re: WANTED: File transfer in background?

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From: Robert Dempster
Date: Fri, 09 Feb 1996 00:00

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John Savage (koala@sydney.dialix.com.au) wrote:
: Dana Freer <dana@stoney.demon.co.uk> writes:
: >Can anyone recommend a DOS TSR which will perform z-modem file
: >transfers silently in background?

: No, I don't know whether such a thing exists. But I am posting
: your question more widely to canvass a larger readership, as it
: is something that others using shell a/c, including myself, might
: be interested in hearing about.

A program called 'backdown' does what you want using the
x-modem protocol.  It was described in PC Mag, May 1992.

Rob
Rob Dempster
Dept of CS & IS
University of Natal - Pietermaritzburg

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From: rob@unpcs1.cs.unp.ac.za (Robert Dempster)
Subject: Re: WANTED: File transfer in background?
Date: 1996/02/09
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