rconn@brl@sri-unix.UUCP (09/14/83)
From: Rick Conn <rconn@brl>
I have just finished creating UC.C for UNIX SYSTEM III, and it has
compiled and executed successfully under SYSTEM III and compiled at
BRL with the -3 flag on the compiler. UC (for UNIX-CP/M) is a
(optionally) menu-driven/command-completion comm tool for transferring
text and binary files between UNIX and CP/M. It is available from
/d/rconn/.src/uc.c and /d/rconn/.man/uc.1 (source and man), and it
will be available from SIMTEL20 in a day or two. Part of the man
entry follows:
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uc - Version 1.0 - UNIX-to-CP/M File Transfer Tool
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UC is a file transfer tool which runs under UNIX. It, in
conjunction with a CP/M-based MODEM communications program,
allows the user to transfer both binary and text files
between UNIX and CP/M.
UC is based on ideas from UMODEM 3.5. UC is a totally new
design, including many features of similar function but
different implementation and adding many new features and
both a menu-driven and command-completion user interface.
Usage: uc c[o] [filename]
where 'c' MUST be One of the Following Commands --
C -- CRC Check on Binary File (filename required)
c -- CRC Check on Text File (filename required)
f or F -- File Status (filename required)
R -- Receive Binary File (filename required)
r -- Receive Text File (filename required)
S -- Send Binary File (filename required)
s -- Send Text File (filename required)
z or Z -- Enter Command Mode (filename NOT required)
and Additional Options 'o' Include --
1 -- Select File Transfer Protocol 1
7 -- Select 7-Bit Transfer
a or A -- Enable ARPA Net Communication
b or B -- Override 'c', 's', or 'r' to Binary
l or L -- Turn Off Log Entries
t or T -- Override 'C', 'S', or 'R' to Text
Examples:
uc S myfile -or- uc sb myfile <-- Send Binary File
uc s7l myfile <-- Send Text File with 7 Bits and
No Log
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UC is a file transfer tool which runs on UNIX. It
allows the user to transfer files between UNIX and CP/M
systems, verify the integrity of transferred files via
Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) value computation, and perform
other functions useful in file transfer.
UC implements the following communications protocols:
1) "CP/M User's Group XMODEM" protocol developed
by Ward Christensen (checksum only)
2) TERM II/TERM III File Transfer Protocol 1
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developed by Richard Conn
UC supports 7- or 8-bit transfers (7 or 8 significant
bits/byte) for text files and 8-bit transfers for binary
files.
There is currently no batch file transfer capability.
The program writes logging data to a file in the user's home
directory called uc.log. This file contains a transaction
of activity since the invocation of the program, and this
transaction includes data on file transmissions (error log).
The program's defaults can be initialized for each user by a
setup file called .ucsetup (note the leading dot, so
.ucsetup is hidden from normal directory displays).
.ucsetup is a text file which contains initialization
options for uc. It can be created by using any editor under
UNIX.
The program will do a protocol file transfer with error
checking to or from a CP/M system running Ward Christensen's
program MODEM or one of its derivatives (MODEM7 or APMOD777
etc.) or any program that uses the same protocols (e.g. ZPRO
or TERM II). Note that executable and squeezed files must
use the -sb or -rb options.