jdf@pbhyc.PacBell.COM (2N650Q-Jack Fine) (01/24/89)
I have been using a mac now for several months. I am a convert from a MS-DOS based system. I have gotten the mac to do everything the MS-DOS system did and much more er...except for one thing. When I upload to a UNIX system my text files are at best unformatted. At worst, total garbage. I am using Red Ryder 10.3. My word processor is Fullwrite and I am saving my files to ascii before sending. When I monkey around with the options I can get the files transferred but they appear to VI as a single, very long, line and all formatting is gone. Any ideas? Get another DC(other than RR) program? Different format for upload files? Settings on RR? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Jack Fine
uucibg@sw1e.UUCP (3929] Brian Gilstrap) (01/25/89)
In article <1320@pbhyc.PacBell.COM> jdf@pbhyc.PacBell.COM (2N650Q-Jack Fine) writes: >I have been using a mac now for several months. I am a convert from a >MS-DOS based system. I have gotten the mac to do everything the MS-DOS >system did and much more er...except for one thing. When I upload to a >UNIX system my text files are at best unformatted. At worst, total >garbage. I am using Red Ryder 10.3. My word processor is Fullwrite and I >am saving my files to ascii before sending. When I monkey around with the >options I can get the files transferred but they appear to VI as a single, >very long, line and all formatting is gone. Any ideas? Get another DC(other >than RR) program? Different format for upload files? Settings on RR? > >Any help would be appreciated. > >Thanks > >Jack Fine I believe that the you can get around this by diddling with the settings during transfer. I suspect your problems are due to CR/LF versus NL kinds of things. As a result, you many need to diddle on both ends. I've forgotten if RR has a "Add a newline to the end of each line" option or not. This is probably what you need to do (or something like it). I'm sure there's someone out there who can provide info... Brian R. Gilstrap Southwestern Bell Telephone One Bell Center Rm 17-G-4 ...!ames!killer!texbell!sw1e!uucibg St. Louis, MO 63101 ...!bellcore!texbell!sw1e!uucibg (314) 235-3929 #include <std_disclaimers.h>
gjh@tybalt.caltech.edu (Greg J. Hiscott) (01/26/89)
> jdf@pbhyc.PacBell.COM (2N650Q-Jack Fine) writes: > When I monkey around with the > options I can get the files transferred but they appear to VI as a single, > very long, line and all formatting is gone. Any ideas? Get another DC(other > than RR) program? Different format for upload files? Settings on RR? > > Any help would be appreciated. > Jack Fine You need a DA or application program that takes a text file and converts CRs to LFs. You could add LFs to CRs if you want. By the way, LF means linefeed and CR means carriage return. +-------+ Greg Hiscott The human network-gateway. +-------+ |+-----+| gjh@ligo.caltech.edu |+-----+| |+-----+| USPS:Caltech, 102-33, Pasadena, CA 91125 |+-----+| +-------+ Ph#(818)356-2974 FAX:(818)304-9834 +-------+ +-------+ Greg Hiscott The human network-gateway. +-------+ |+-----+| gjh@ligo.caltech.edu |+-----+| |+-----+| USPS:Caltech, 102-33, Pasadena, CA 91125 |+-----+| +-------+ Ph#(818)356-2974 FAX:(818)304-9834 +-------+
schase@pollux.usc.edu (Scott Chase) (01/29/89)
In article <1320@pbhyc.PacBell.COM> jdf@pbhyc.PacBell.COM (2N650Q-Jack Fine) writes: >I have been using a mac now for several months. I am a convert from a >MS-DOS based system. I have gotten the mac to do everything the MS-DOS >system did and much more er...except for one thing. When I upload to a >UNIX system my text files are at best unformatted. At worst, total >garbage. I am using Red Ryder 10.3. My word processor is Fullwrite and I >am saving my files to ascii before sending. When I monkey around with the >options I can get the files transferred but they appear to VI as a single, >very long, line and all formatting is gone. Any ideas? Get another DC(other >than RR) program? Different format for upload files? Settings on RR? > >Any help would be appreciated. > >Thanks > >Jack Fine A quick and dirty way to go from Mac to UNIX is to issue the command cat > filename where filename will be the name of the unix file created. After typing this line (with a CR), the UNIX system will be waiting for input from std input. Select the "Send text file" command from the RR menu, and the file will be echoed as it is sent. When done, make sure there is a blank line at the end of the file or hit a CR to make one, then ^D for end of file. The file should be transfered OK. (Note: this only works for text files). You can also receive text files the same way, using cat UNIXfile without a CR, then select "Receive text file" from RR. After selecting the file, then hit a CR to activate the UNIX command. You can also send text files using Kermit, if you have it on your UNIX system. Just make sure the file type is set to text (if applicable), and set the Mac Kermit preferences to strip linefeeds. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scott Chase schase@pollux.usc.edu iak8sct@oac.ucla.edu -------------------------------------------------------------------------------