XC QUICK START DOCS                         24 Nov 1996   1) If you wish to use the binaries included here you will have to     have the Linux ELF shared library libc.so.5.2.18 or later, otherwise     recompile this package. See the "bin" directory for binaries.     Read the INSTALL document.  2) Edit the modem initialization string in the file "xc.init" to     suite your own modem.  3) Type 'make install'. Or alternatively, manually move the files     in the xc ./bin directory to /usr/bin or some other directory in      your path.      For safety, even if you type 'make install' you must manually     move xc.init, and phonelist to /usr/local/lib/xc.  You will     probably have to create this directory. Make sure that the     directory /var/lock has proper read/write permissions.  This is     where lock files will be created (as per the Linux file system     standard for lock files).     The included phonelist file is probably out of date. It was      originally culled from Rasca Gmelch's Linux BBS list. If you      need to contact him, Rasca's e-mail addresses are:             rasca@marie.physik.berlin.de               rasca.gmelch@p4.f305.n2410.z2.fidonet.org.      Note that the xc "dotfiles" directory contains various helpful     scripts. List them with "ls -al" command.  4) XC suppports cis-b+, xmodem, ymodem, and ymodem-g file transfers.     For zmodem transfers use rzsz available as lrzsz from sunsite.unc.edu     in /pub/Linux/apps/comm/lrzsz-012b.tar.gz. Note that the Debian     and rpm version 0.11b is flawed and does not return the proper     exit codes, therefore 0.11 versions of lrzsz are not recommended.   5) Installation is now complete. Read the docs.  6) Entering XC -h will display the command line options.  7) here's the quick tour:        XC is very command line driven. It has 3 basic modes:         a) main command line at the <XC> prompt.               all settings of options and file transfer initiation               take place here.                                         b) dialing directory mode               can dial from a pick list or dial manually.         c) ordinary terminal mode.               when you are on-line with another system.The main thing to remember is to use <control> <A> as a prefix in orderto switch modes when you are in the terminal mode.Examples:say you are in the terminal mode and you want to exit to the main command line:        <control>  <A>   x      (the "x" means exit)say you are in the terminal mode and you want to hang-up the line:        <control>  <A>   h      (the "h" means hang-up the line )IF YOU ARE IN THE DIALING DIRECTORY OR AT THE MAIN COMMAND LINEYOU DON'T NEED TO TYPE <control> <A>.    here's another example:        <control>  <A>   d      (the "d" means go to the dialing directory)The only reason for the control A sequence is so the program knows that youaren't just typing at the terminal keyboard but are actually giving a command to the program.A NOTE about file transfers:There are two transfer modes--internal protocol and external protocol.The internal protocol transfer commands are given at the XC commandline. To  receive a file via the internal XMODEM command do the followingat the XC command prompt:            rx  myfile.zipTo send send the file "fuzzy.zip" via the original XMODEM protocolenter this at the XC command line:            sx  fuzzy.zipTo send send the file "fuzzy.zip" via 1K XMODEM enter this at the XCcommand line:            so  fuzzy.zipThe "s" means send, the "o" means "old YMODEM". Note that there isalso a newer "real" YMODEM which allows batch transfers. To use realYMODEM you would do this:            sy  fuzzy.zip foobar.tar.gz zImage.gzThe above command will send all three specified files (but don't forgetboth ends of the transfer must be using real YMODEM). Some systems thatyou connect to have the YMODEM commands installed as 'rb' and 'sb' where the 'b' designates batch mode. These are identical with thery and sy available with XC.         One advantage of YMODEM is that, when receiving files, there is noneed to specify the incoming files on the command line. YMODEM automatically knows the name of incoming files, and it also preserveseach file's date, size, and permission bits. To receive filesvia YMODEM, merely type 'ry' at the <XC> command prompt:  ryEXTERNAL PROTOCOLS:to send a file via ZMODEM, at the <XC> command prompt enter:         $ sz  myfile.zip NOTE CAREFULLY the DOLLAR SIGN prefix!To receive a file with ZMODEM is even simpler: XC will detecta zmodem transfer and automatically invoke rz. If you wish tomanually receive via rz you can type the following at the <XC>command prompt (again, remember the dollar sign).         $ rzREMEMBER: file transfers are entered at the main command prompt.If you are in the terminal mode, to start a transfer, type:                   <control> <A>  x  That will put you in the command line mode for the transfer. After thetransfer is complete, type the letter "t" to put you in the terminalmode again. If you are receiving a file via zmodem and you interruptthe transfer with a <control> <C> , you may find that the other end continues sending. To manually cancel a zmodem tranmission send along strings of <control> <X> characters to the other end (i.e holddown the cotnrol key and the `X' key simultaneously.Thomas McWilliamsINTERNET: tgm@netcom.comFIDO via INTERNET: thomas.mcwilliams@f615.n109.z1.fidonet.org