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- Starting the program
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-
- To start pcucp use the command line
-
- pcucp [config file]
-
- where [config file] is an optional argument specifying the
- configuration file to be used. The configuration file name
- should not include the ".cfg"-suffix, which is automaticly
- added. If no configuration file is specfied, the settings
- in the default configuration file apply. (For configuration
- file details, see CONFIG.DOC.)
-
- In Windows you'll probably want to add pcucp as a program
- item in the Program Manager window using the Program
- Manager's File/New -command. If you have multiple setups,
- it is easiest to create an entry for each, specifying a
- different configuration file as a command line argument.
-
-
- Exiting the program
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-
- Use Options/Exit to exit Pcucp.
-
-
- Pcucp main window
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-
- The Pcucp main window contains the menus to control Pcucp
- run-time operation. Also, the window displays various
- messages, such as error messages or messages related to
- the progress of file transfer. In the unix-end, these
- messages are written to the file pcucp.log in PCUCPDIR.
-
-
- Connecting
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-
- In addition to the Pcucp main window, an initial terminal
- window (Terminal(0)) is created at startup. Use this window
- to log in your unix host. After login run the unix
- executable of pcucp (possibly with a configuration file name
- as command line argument). Provided that no error occurs,
- you should quite instantly see a message like :
-
- [pcucp : you have 10 seconds to connect]
-
- Now select Options/Connect from the Pcucp main window. After
- a few seconds you should see the message :
-
- connect : connected to <host>
-
- If so, the connection is established. If connection times out,
- the configuration files in the unix- and the pc-end are probably
- inconsistent.
-
- After the connection, a shell is automaticly executed in the
- initial terminal window. If not, the configuration files in
- both ends don't probably match.
-
-
- Disconnecting
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-
- To disconnect, select Options/Disconnect from the Pcucp main
- window. After a few seconds you should see the message :
-
- disconnect : ok
-
- The initial terminal window now resumes the login shell.
-
- If disconnecting fails, processes may be left running on
- your unix host. If this happens, go check this with the ps
- command and kill any uneccessary processes.
-
-
- New Tty sessions (shells)
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-
- Select Windows/Tty session. A new terminal window with a shell
- should appear before long.
-
-
- Existing tty sessions (shells)
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-
- Active sessions can be brought to the foreground by selecting
- the window name in the Window-menu.
-
-
- Removing Tty sessions (shells)
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-
- The prefered method is to exit from the shell. You can also
- close a shell window from the system menu. If you try to
- close the initial terminal window, the unix process is killed,
- but the window remains. Next time a new tty session is created,
- the initial terminal window is used for the session.
-
-
- File transfer
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-
- The pcucp uses two directories in both the unix and dos end
- for file transfer. One of the directories (OUTDIR) contains
- the files to be sent to the remote system, while the other
- (INDIR) is used to store the files received from the remote
- system.
-
- Pcucp sends the files in OUTDIR one by one to the remote
- system and then DELETES the file sent. Hence, if you
- want to keep a copy of a file after the file has been sent,
- copy the file to OUTDIR. If not, move the file to OUTDIR.
-
- In the unix end, the copying is best done by creating a
- (symbolic) link in OUTDIR (ln (-s)). In dos you'll just
- have to keep two copies during the transfer.
-
- The file transfer has an automatic restart feature, which
- works as follows : If there is a file with the same name as
- the incoming file in INDIR and the file times match, the
- file in INDIR is assumed to be the starting part of the
- incoming file and only the missing part (incoming file size
- - INDIR file size) is transfered.
-
- If the file times do not match, the existing file is renamed
- by replacing the last character of the filename with a tilde
- (~). If a file with this name already exists in INDIR, it is
- first deleted.
-
- The file transfer must be explicitly started with Options/
- File transfer/start. File transfer can be explicitly stopped
- using Options/File transfer/stop. File transfer is automaticly
- stopped when disconnecting.
-
- If you want to remove/add/modify files in INDIR or OUTDIR, be sure
- to leave alone the file being currently transfered. It is safest
- to stop file transfer first to avoid errors.
-
- Note that Pcucp has no BINARY/TEXT file types. All files are
- transfered 'as is' without any conversions.
-
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- This file is a part of Pcucp, Copyright (C) 1992 Jouni Leppäjärvi
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