bruno@pbsdts.UUCP (Bruce W. Mohler) (08/04/88)
You know how people apologize for asking something that has already been asked 100+ times? I apologize. What are my alternatives as far as programs on the PC that can talk to a un*x system in uucp (g protocol)? I know that one alternative is uupc. Public domain? Who do I contact? Are there purchasable products (that people are satis- fied with)? Who do I contact? Thanks in advance! -- Bruce W. Mohler voice: 619/586-2218 Staff Analyst unix: bruno@pbsdts.pacbell.com Cosmos Design, Development, "Is that like Genesis 1?" and Deployment District "Yes, but on a smaller scale!"
johnson@c10sd1.StPaul.NCR.COM (Wayne D. T. Johnson) (08/06/88)
In article <253@pbsdts.UUCP> bruno@pbsdts.UUCP (Bruce W. Mohler) writes: >You know how people apologize for asking something >that has already been asked 100+ times? I apologize. > >What are my alternatives as far as programs on the PC >that can talk to a un*x system in uucp (g protocol)? > >I know that one alternative is uupc. Public domain? >Who do I contact? > From my archives: >UUPC is a public domain package that will allow mail and files to be sent >from a number of different type of pcs to unix via uucp protocol. It >is not very clean but they say you can get it working if you are willing >to do a little work setting it up. > >UUPC can be obtained via direct anonymous uucp login at van-bc.UUCP. > >Phone: 604-939-4782 Telebit Trailblazer @ 9600 bps, PEP/UUCP > spoof enabled, also handles 2400/1200 baud. > 604-939-4756 This modem handles 2400/1200 baud only. >Login: nuucp >Passwd: nuucp > >The UUPC files are in ~/uupc/*, and are stored in compress (.Z) format. > >An index of what's available is in the file ~/uupc/INDEX. > >Patrick Bartkus > >Patrick.Bartkus@Atlanta.NCR.COM or >{gatech|ncrcae}!ncrats!bartkus >In article <246@swdev.Waterloo.NCR.COM> jrl@swdev.Waterloo.NCR.COM >(John R. Latala) writes: >>I'm trying to get my PC to receive mail from one of our Towers. .... >>The mail gets moved to one of the PC's holding directories, but then never >>gets posted into /usr/mail/whatever > >This bug has been reported in comp.sys.amiga; I'm assuming that the same >bug exists in the clone world as well. > >UUPC expects that the transmitting UUCP will construct execute files (the >X. files) with a specific format. HoneyDanBer does not construct the execute >files this way (it uses a scheme that is stronger against naming conflicts), >so the work will accumulate and never be processed. > >The fix is to repair the source. Since you don't have that, I'm afraid that >you will have to go back to your binary provider and get them to fix it. >For their edification and delight, here is the fix, as given by Johan Widen >(jw@sics.se) of the Swedish Institute of Computer Science, Kista. He refers >to it as "patch 3" but I don't know what the first two are. > *** dcp.c.old Fri Mar 25 04:14:15 1988 --- dcp.c Wed Mar 30 21:39:06 1988 *************** *** 16,22 **** * This program implements a uucico type file transfer and remote * execution type protocol. */ ! #define VERSION "1.11 Camelot" #include "dcp.h" #include <signal.h> /**/ --- 16,22 ---- * This program implements a uucico type file transfer and remote * execution type protocol. */ ! #define VERSION "1.11.1 Camelot" #include "dcp.h" #include <signal.h> /**/ *** dcpsys.c.old Sat Mar 5 19:49:54 1988 --- dcpsys.c Tue Mar 29 21:21:22 1988 *************** *** 700,707 **** dscandir() { - int len; - char cname[40]; DIR *dirp; struct direct *dp; --- 700,705 ---- *************** *** 710,719 **** return(0); } cfile[0] = 0; - sprintf(cname, XQTFILE, rmtname); - len = strlen(cname); while(dp = readdir(dirp)) { ! if(!strncmp(cname, dp->d_name, len) && (!cfile[0] || strcmp(cfile, dp->d_name) == 1)) strcpy(cfile, dp->d_name); } --- 708,715 ---- return(0); } cfile[0] = 0; while(dp = readdir(dirp)) { ! if(!strncmp("X.", dp->d_name, 2) && (!cfile[0] || strcmp(cfile, dp->d_name) == 1)) strcpy(cfile, dp->d_name); } -- -- Greg Noel, NCR Rancho Bernardo Greg.Noel@SanDiego.NCR.COM or greg@ncr-sd -- Wayne Johnson (Voice) 612-638-7665 NCR Comten, Inc. (E-MAIL) W.Johnson@StPaul.NCR.COM or Roseville MN 55113 johnson@c10sd1.StPaul.NCR.COM These opinions (or spelling) do not necessarily reflect those of NCR Comten.