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Still use this today, it's what you do with an embedded device when all you have is a serial line and need to get files on/off. Slow as hell though, but then I

• pmoriarty 10y ago
  Screen[1] contains an implementation of zmodem (and is one of screen's advantages over tmux). I've used it before on VMs on which I had a serial console but no network connection or other way to get/put files. [1] - https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/ https://www.gnu.org/software/screen/
  • geocrasher 10y ago
    Very cool! I didn't realize screen had this. I've always used sz/rz when needed. It's kludgy but comes in handy every so often. I have it installed on all my linux boxes for that special occasion.
• tonyarkles 10y ago
  Yup! It's only once every year or two that I've needed it, but damn is it a handy thing to have in your back pocket when nothing else works. Last time I needed it, I also ended up using xxd to get the zmodem binary on to the device. Fun times, fun times. The device was buried in a concrete box under a frozen highway, and the Ethernet died, so we had to find a way...
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