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sindi keesan wrote:
>
> Send probably compresses the file before sending it.

Yes, send compresses, receive decompresses.  It makes
the transfer faster.

> question was about $1 - is that the way to write a 
> script where you fill in the file name instead of $1?

$1 is the first parameter, $2 is the second parameter,
and so on.  If you execute the script with parameter(s),
the script can use them.

> After the above steps are all taken, do I also end up 
> with the original .tgz file or just the installed version 
> of it (the pieces distributed to various directories)?

You should get just the installed version.

> How can you send with links?  I thought browsers were for 
> viewing files not sending them.

If you look in ~/.links/links.cfg you will see that
commands can be associated with certain extensions
(for example, pressing right-arrow on a .tgz gives
you the contents).  links doesn't care what command
you are associating -- it simple executes it.  So,
if you wanted, you could associate .tgz (or whatever)
with a netcat command.

Cheers,
Steven

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