TOMAC(L)
NAME
tomac - Transmit files to the Mac
SYNOPSIS
tomac [ - options ] [ files ]
DESCRIPTION
tomac takes the files specified in tomac and transmits
them to the Mac subject to the options specified. If
files also specifies directories they are followed recur-
sively, and all files found will be transmitted. If no
files parameter is specified, binhex reads a MacBinary
stream from standard input and transmits the files found;
folder information is lost.
OPTIONS
In the absence of any options, tomac takes the specified
files and transmits them to to the Mac using the XMODEM
protocol. Directories named in files are followed recur-
sively, all files found will be transmitted. Files are
assumed to be in MacBinary format. However, if the file-
name ends with .info the file is assumed to be the info
fork of a MacIntosh file split amongst more than one file.
In that case the files with .data and .rsrc extensions are
also read (if present). Also, if the info fork is men-
tioned in the parameter list, the names of data and
resource forks can also be mentioned, but those will be
ignored (this is to allow wild-card expansion by the
shell.) Further, if some form of AppleShare is supported
by the installed program, and if the current directory, or
one of the directories found during recursive processing,
is a directory in the format of the supported version of
AppleShare, those files will be handled according to the
properties of AppleShare.
-r No intelligent file-processing is performed; all
files named are assumed to be plain resource files,
and are transmitted as if they were MacIntosh
resource files with creator "RSED" and type "RSRC",
unless another creator and/or type are specified.
-d No intelligent file-processing is performed; all
files named are assumed to be plain data files, and
are transmitted as if they were MacIntosh data
files with creator "MACA" and type "TEXT", unless
another creator and/or type are specified.
-u As -d, but the codes for CR and LF are inter-
changed.
-U Is a synonym for -u.
-c creator
Defines the creator name to be used if one of the
previous options is specified.
-t type
Defines the type name to be used if one of the pre-
vious options is specified.
-l List every file and directory processed.
-i Do not transmit files, give information only
(implies -l.)
-q Ask the user for every file/directory whether it
should be visited (implies -l.)
-x Use the XMODEM protocol for transmission.
-y Use the YMODEM protocol for transmission (not yet
supported.)
-z Use the ZMODEM protocol for transmission (not yet
supported.)
-o Use the pre-beta version of XMODEM.
-T Allow for time-out detection during the protocol.
Normally you will not need this option because on
occasion, when network delays do occur, time-out
detection interferes with a good transmission.
Also, when for some reason the connection is broken
the program will normally receive a hang-up signal
and terminate. However, in some situations it
might be necessary to early detect time-outs
(because of communication loss or whatever, without
loss of connection). You should check whether use
of this option has profits in your situation or
not.
-V Gives the patchlevel of the program, and other
information. Other options are ignored and the
program quits immediately.
-H Give short information about the options. Other
options are ignored and the program quits immedi-
ately.
BUGS
As this is a beta release, there may still be some prob-
lems.
SEE ALSO
macutil(1)
AUTHOR
Dik T. Winter, CWI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
dik@cwi.nl
Parts of the code are based on codes from: Dave Johnson.