-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Stephen Harris wrote: > Since you have loopback adapter connected you need to read/write from > the device at the same time. So... first attempt: > cat </dev/ttyr00 > /dev/null & > time cat large_file > /dev/ttyr00 > > Been a long time since I played with serial comms, but that'd be my first > attempt. > > Second attempt would be to make a full serial connection to another machine > (port on the same machine?) and use "ckermit" to transfer a file. > Thanks Stephen. Your first attempt was what I was trying to accomplish. The second attempt may be what I next try. Barry -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFKnYSACFu3bIiwtTARAk4eAJ470twpUOLlja+TA55HtpRVqSrsngCfYgSp eL7Oi9q0DO8vVMeml4khqM0= =JFxg -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos