get

The get command lets you store everything received from the remote system while in talk mode into a file. get doesn't provide any error correction. get is useful for recording a log of all or selected parts of your communications session.

To use get, follow these steps:

  1. In command mode, enter the command:

    2.  get file name

    This tells Autolog to create the file called file name, although nothing will be put into that file yet. If the file already exists, it will be erased and replaced with the new file. Use the command append if you want to append new information to the end of an existing file.
  2. Press the change key to enter talk mode. While you're in talk mode, everything the remote system sends will be stored in the file. To temporarily turn off the "recording," press the copy key. To turn recording back on, press the copy key again.
  3. You can switch back and forth between talk and command modes without closing the file. Whenever you're in talk mode, incoming characters will be stored in your get file (as long as you haven't toggled the copy key to turn get off).
  4. To permanently end recording and close the file, use the close command. The get file will also be closed if you use any of these commands:
 finish  quit  close  system  help  dialer  dir  another get

get is like a tape recorder. Entering a get command while in command mode is like loading a blank cassette tape into the recorder. Entering talk mode actually starts the recording. get will record everything that you receive while get is "turned on," just like a tape recorder. You can turn the recorder on or off by pressing the copy key again.

You can use the note command to insert your own text or notes into the get file.

get honors these options:

 

guard  noerase  strip

Note get records only talk mode activity. Use the logfile command to record both talk mode activity and Autolog commands that you've entered and their results.

append

The append command behaves just like the get command, except if the specified file already exists, additional data will be added to the end of the existing file, rather than erasing the old file and replacing it with a new one. If the file doesn't already exist, it will be created.

The append command is entered like this:
 

append file name

Just like get, you can toggle recording on and off while in talk mode by pressing the copy key.