OBERMAN@LLL-ICDC.ARPA ("Kevin Oberman, 422-6955, L-156") (07/28/87)
Often it is desired to read a file from a remote system without the aid of Kermit or any other such protocol. Although you don't get error checking, the following is an easy way to capture an ASCII file from a system reachable via a dialout modem. 1. Get a dialout modem connected to a port on the VAX (e.g. TXA0). 2. Set the protections such that the port may be allocated. BEWARE of possible security problems! This should be done ONLY on a dialout port! 3. ALLOCATE TXA0 4. SET TERMINAL/SPEED=modem speed TXA0; where modem speed is the speed of communication (a speed common to you modem and that being called). 5. SET HOST/DTE TXA0 6. Enter commands to dial the modem, login to the remote system and ready it to type out the desired data. 7. Type ^\ to return to VMS. (This will NOT terminate the connection.) 8. SET HOST/DTE/LOG=filespec TXA0 to reconnect to the remote system with logging. 9. Cause the remote system to type out the data. 10. LOGOUT of the remote system and type ^\ to return to VMS OR 10. Type ^\ to return to VMS and SET HOST/DTE TXA0 to resume without logging. Repeat steps 7 through 10 as desired. 11. DEALLOCATE TXA0 It's not real elegant, but it does work. And it's easy to do on the fly. R. Kevin Oberman Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory arpa: oberman@lll-icdc.arpa (415) 422-6955 Disclaimer: I never assume I know what I'm doing. Maybe you shouldn't either.