From: Dossy <dossy@...>
Date: 2002-05-21T01:46:38+09:00
Subject: Re: Zmodem Module ?

On 2002.05.21, Dennis Newbold <dennisn@pe.net> wrote:
> Does anyone know of, or has written a Ruby extension implementing the
> ZModem data transfer protocol?  Alternatively, does anyone know of a
> binary implementation of ZModem that I can "wrap" in order to access
> it from Ruby?  This is for a utility which will be packaged with a
> commercial product, so "personal/academic use only" licensing restrictions
> will make it of no use / interest to me.  Thanks for any help / pointers
> you can give me.

Google for "rz.c sz.c zmodem" turns up what I would have expected:

    http://www.omen.com/dev.html

iI doubt there's a Ruby binding available, but if you're handy with
C and writing Ruby extensions, I'm sure this will get you 90% of
the way there.

-- Dossy

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