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File Transfer when you dial up your account by modem

Note: The instructions below assume that you have an Alpha or Vax account, and that you know how to do e-mail.

Note: Your accounts time out automatically when you are connected for 15 minutes and there is no input from the keyboard: press the Shift key while downloading a big file, etc.

You may not have enough disc space for a big file. Check your disc space before attempting a download (1 block = 512 bytes):

on the VAX: enter show quota -- you see space used/available (515 bytes=1 block)

on the Alpha: enter /usr/sbin/quota -- you see Blocks Used (1 block=512 bytes) and Quota (# of blocks allowed).

1) Dial up and log on. (modem settings)

TYPE THE FOLLOWING COMMANDS, press Enter after each:

clear [to clear the screen] [use Delete key to edit typos] [Brackets enclose comments]

2) [UPLOAD - examples tranfile.txt, tranfile.rtf]

kermit [to invoke online transfer utility -- PROMPT kermit>]
receive tranfile.txt [filename may differ from PC filename]
[OR, if you want to transfer a binary file:]
set file type binary
receive tranfile.rtf [Rich Text Format, for most Word Processors on PC or Mac]
[now kermit prompts you to go to your local "kermit" = your communications software]
[Windows Terminal: click on Transfer, click on Send binary file, select drive, directory, file
[the file is uploaded
[when done, check if it's there:
ls tranfile.* [ls=list; the asterisk is a wild card, for any characters]
exit [exit kermit, back to Alpha prompt]
clear

3) [send file to someone as e-mail attachment]

pine, c, Send to: ... [enter username / e-mail address]
[Attachment: enter tranfile.txt or press ^-t To Files, arrow to the file, Select, Exit Browser
[^-x to send. Don't forget to delete the file in Sent Mail folder.]
Q [to quit Pine]
[See NOTES at end of this file.]

4) [get a message that has a file attached]

pine [find a message with a file attached]
v [to View Attachment]
[if textfile: press v to View]
[on other menu, check out y to prYnt, e to Export to your disc: enter a filename]
[if binary file: press S to save, accept suggested filename or change it.]
e [to Exit Viewer], q [to Quit Pine], ls [to see filelist on Alpha disc]
clear

5) [DOWNLOAD]

kermit [to invoke online transfer utility -- PROMPT kermit>]
send tranfile.txt
[OR if you want to transfer a binary file:]
set file type binary
send tranfile.rtf [Rich Text Format, for most Word Processors, PC or Mac]
[kermit prompts you to go to your local "kermit"=your comm. software]
[Windows Terminal: click on Transfer, click on Receive binary file,
[select drive, directory, file
[the file is downloaded to YourPC
[when done, check if it's there, e.g., with File Manager]
exit [exit kermit, back to Alpha prompt]
clear

6) [View a textfile on the Alpha disc]

more tranfile.txt [read it on screen to check it out],
[spacebar [next screen], q [to quit viewing]
[OR]
pilot [select the file], v [view it], e [exit browser].

7) [Housekeeping]

----- rm tranfile.txt [to remove/delete this file on your Alpha disc]
----- [in Pine, delete messages in Inbox or Sent-mail]

8) [Log off]

----- exit [Don't forget to exit from the Alpha!]
----- lo [Don't forget to logout from the VAX!] 
Watch out: for more see Principles and Problems
Pine uses Mime to encode all attachments. Your recipient's mailer must have Mime. If your recipient does not (e.g., using Mail on the vax), any file, even a text file, looks like garbage. To send a textfile, use one of the other mailers on the Alpha. To send a binary file, use uuencode to convert it to text and let your recipient know: your recipient will need uudecode to reconvert the file you sent to its original format.

Use fonts that exist on every platform, such as Times Roman or Courier or Helvetica. If an uncommon font is essential to the look of your document, embed it.

Ursula Hoffmann, December 1996