Protocol for serial line file transfer

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From: Frank Deutschmann
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1992 17:33

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I have finally had my fill of Kermit's inefficient file transfer
protocol. Is there anything better out there (something with sliding
windows, speed-dependent packet sizing, etc) for transferring files
over a dialup connection (which, alas, is not and can not be a SLIP
connection)? 

Are he Xmodem, Ymodem, Zmodem protocols more advanced than Kermit? I'm
dealing with two UNIX boxes, so portability should not be much of an
issue (I'll port if necessary, its THAT bad!).

Any help would be much appreciated!!!!



-- 
-frank
(fhd@panix.com)

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From: fhd@panix.com (Frank Deutschmann)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.misc
Subject: Protocol for  serial line file transfer
Summary: Would like something better than Kermit
Message-ID: <1992Sep29.173337.3266@panix.com>
Date: 29 Sep 92 17:33:37 GMT
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Organization: PANIX Public Access Unix & Internet, NYC
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