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Date: Wed, 27 Dec 1995 04:47:31 -0600
From: Matt Rosenberg <matt@server.wulaw.wustl.edu>
Organization: Washington University School of Law
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I am trying to automate a daily batch download from a BBS via modem
using 2.1.0.  I am using ecu BETA-3.34.56 and rz (The standard FreeBSD 
port)version 3.36.

I created a wonderful ecu script which works if I can have someone 
personally logged in as root (or a sudoer) but I cannot automate it 
because when I put ecu (or an .sh script calling ecu) in the
crontab, ecu throws a fit.  [I have tried setting the TERM variable in 
the .sh script and sending stdout to /dev/tty both without luck.]

I thought I would then try tip and converted my ecu script to perl to 
interface with tip.  But rz does not want to work with tip even 
separated from the perl script (the man page warned me ahead of time 
"not designed for use with tip or cu").  When I try piping tip to rz, rz 
starts sending headers "**B010000012f4ced" and will never initiate the
actual transfer.

Anyone have an idea for a work around either place?  Thank you!
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Matt Rosenberg
Washington University School of Law
St. Louis, MO, USA

matt@www.wulaw.wustl.edu
http://www.wulaw.wustl.edu/~matt/
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