send

The send command provides a way to send text files without any error-correcting protocol. send does an "ASCII dump," transmitting a text file while in talk mode essentially as if a user were typing the file. This is useful when the remote system lacks software to do a more sophisticated file transfer but does offer simple text entry or text-capturing software.

To use send, follow these steps:

  1. In command mode, enter:

    2. send file name

    This tells Autolog which file to send, although the file transfer does not begin yet.
  2. Press the change key to enter talk mode. While you're in talk mode, prepare the remote system to receive a "no protocol" text file. This may mean starting a file-capturing program or just readying the remote system for some text input.
  3. To actually begin sending the file, press the put key while in talk mode. Autolog will begin sending the file. If you press the put key again, the transmission will be suspended. Subsequent presses of the put key toggle sending on or off.
  4. You will see the message:

    5. file transferred

    when the last character of the file has been sent.
send is like a tape player. Entering a send command is like loading a prerecorded tape into the player. Later, while in talk mode, you press the put key to "start the tape." send will "play back" everything in the file while it is turned on, just like a tape player. You can turn the "playback" on or off by pressing the put key again.

If the remote software used to capture the incoming text is normally intended for real people to type the text (rather than a high-speed computer-to-computer transfer), you may need to use these options to control how fast Autolog sends the characters in the file:
 

delay stall

send also honors XON/XOFF pacing if the remote system uses this method of controlling the speed of the transfer.

send will also honor these options:
 

image strip

send is not well suited for use in script files, but the related textsend command is designed for use in script files.