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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> sindi keesan wrote:
> > Send probably compresses the file before sending it.
>
> Yes, send compresses, receive decompresses.  It makes
> the transfer faster.

I have been using send and receive to send .tgz files and they seem to 
arrive as .tgz files (uncompressed).  ?

> > 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.

Where does the original .tgz file go, is it deleted by your receive 
script?


> > 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.

Then I could use links to send .tgz files without having to type the name 
of them?  But if I made the new association then I could not use links to 
view the contents of the file?

> Cheers,
> Steven
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