cs3ea3aq@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Kerr PM) (11/01/90)
I am trying to transfer a file from school to my home, ~%put works fine but when I try and use ~%take <file> I get the following message stty -echo; if test -r <file>; then (echo '~>':<file>; cat <file>;echo '~>'); else echo cant\'t open: <file>; fi; stty echo badly placed ()'s stty -echo; if test -r <file>; then (echo '~>':<file>; cat <file>;echo '~>');else
cpcahil@virtech.uucp (Conor P. Cahill) (11/01/90)
In article <272F1280.18291@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> cs3ea3aq@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Kerr PM) writes: > >I am trying to transfer a file from school to my home, ~%put works fine >but when I try and use ~%take <file> I get the following message >stty -echo; if test -r <file>; then (echo '~>':<file>; cat <file>;echo '~>'); >else echo cant\'t open: <file>; fi; stty echo >badly placed ()'s The problem is that your loging shell on the foreign system (where you want to take the data from) is the C shell. start up a borne/korn shell before you attempt the ~%take. -- Conor P. Cahill (703)430-9247 Virtual Technologies, Inc., uunet!virtech!cpcahil 46030 Manekin Plaza, Suite 160 Sterling, VA 22170
max@lgc.com (Max Heffler) (11/03/90)
In article <272F1280.18291@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca> cs3ea3aq@maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca (Kerr PM) writes: > >I am trying to transfer a file from school to my home, ~%put works fine >but when I try and use ~%take <file> I get the following message >stty -echo; if test -r <file>; then (echo '~>':<file>; cat <file>;echo '~>'); >else echo cant\'t open: <file>; fi; stty echo >badly placed ()'s >stty -echo; if test -r <file>; then (echo '~>':<file>; cat <file>;echo '~>');else When I have had this problem, it was an interaction problem with the C shell. Try using the Bourne shell just before this operation. It works for me... -- Max Heffler internet: max@lgc.com Landmark Graphics Corp. uucp: ..!uunet!lgc!max 333 Cypress Run, Suite 100 phone: (713) 579-4751 Houston, Texas 77094