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From: Stas Sergeev <stsp@aknet.ru>
Subject: Re: Three major questions.
Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2003 17:16:49 +0400
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To: Matthew Clarke <Matthew_Clarke@mindlink.bc.ca>
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Hello.

Matthew Clarke wrote:
>>1. Wrote a small program "datacopy" (attached).
>>[Duh, something like that might be somewhere
>>among the generic Unix utilities, so I am sure
>>I've reinvented the wheel by writing it. Can
>>anyone point me the analog of such a prog?]
> The package/program "socat" might fit the bill.
> 	http://www.dest-unreach.org/socat/
Thanks, ultimately great program!
Actually it absoletes everything I've said yesterday.
With socat, it is enough to do only:
socat tcp-l:5000 PTY,link=/tmp/vmodem
and set $_com2="/tmp/vmodem" and that's it.
Easier than I could ever imagine :)