You know on a SUN machine I use Kermit, I belive that there is a similar program for linux. I've installed it but I never got a chance to use it. Try that. ----- Original Message ----- From: John Komp <john.komp at medtronic.com> To: <tclug-list at mn-linux.org> Sent: Monday, January 15, 2001 2:24 PM Subject: [TCLUG] Perl - Slackware - ttyS0 > > Hi, > > I'm trying to use a Toshiba 430 laptop loaded with Slackware 7.1 as a > debug terminal. I've been trying to use minicom with a direct connection > to the target computer which is dumping serial data. Minicom for some > reason is only displaying some of the data but not all so I'd like to > build a much smaller program that just dumps the data arriving at the > serial port, ttyS0 to a file so I can debug the problem. I know the data > is being sent because I can connect the cable to another laptop running > Win95/qmodem and I get all the info sent. > > My question is how can I set up Perl to attach to ttyS0? Do I just > treat it as a file at /dev/ttyS0? > > Thanks for tolerating a newbe question, > > -John > > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list ------ http://USFamily.Net/info - Unlimited Internet - From $7.99/mo! ------