xferdos

[Scott Nelson]

On 5/12/2012 6:36 AM, Linda Hapner wrote:
> I want to move some of my unix programs to my pc version of filepro.  I remember I used xferdos before with a cable between the two machines.
>
> I can't seem to find any documentation on it though.  Can someone point me in the right direction?
>
> Thanks
> Linda Hapner


I do this regularly with a system that loads tablets with certain 
filePro files from SCO Unix to Windows.

 From the Unix side:  /appl/fp/xfer -t -pn -lf transferfilename.dat 
file1 file2 file3 file4 file5 (etc)

This creates a file named transfterfilename.dat which is then copied to 
the windows pc.  You may need to do this in multiple files depending on 
the size of the filePro files.

On the windows side, depending on where you put the file:

cd c:\filepro

set PFPROG=C:
set PFDATA=C:
set PFDIR=
set PFDSK=C

c:\fp\xfer -r -lf c:\PATH\transferfilename.dat

I then run indexes on all the transferred files:

c:\fp\dxmaint file1 -ra -e

Hope that helps,

Scott