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serial number of the receiving program, or 0.
8.2 FFFFiiiilllleeee TTTTrrrraaaannnnssssmmmmiiiissssssssiiiioooonnnn
The sender then sends a ZZZZFFFFIIIILLLLEEEE header with ZMODEM Conversion, Management,
and Transport options[3] followed by a ZCRCW data subpacket containing the
file name, file length, modification date, and other information identical
to that used by YMODEM Batch.
The receiver examines the file name, length, and date information provided
by the sender in the context of the specified transfer options, the
current state of its file system(s), and local security requirements. The
receiving program should insure the pathname and options are compatible
with its operating environment and local security requirements.
The receiver may respond with a ZZZZSSSSKKKKIIIIPPPP header, which makes the sender
proceed to the next file (if any) in the batch.
If the receiver has a file with the same name and length,
it may respond with a ZZZZCCCCRRRRCCCC header, which requires the
sender to perform a 32 bit CRC on the file and transmit the
complement of the CRC in a ZZZZCCCCRRRRCCCC header.[4] The receiver
uses this information to determine whether to accept the
file or skip it. This sequence is triggered by the ZMCRC
Management Option.
A ZZZZRRRRPPPPOOOOSSSS header from the receiver initiates transmission of the file data
starting at the offset in the file specified in the ZZZZRRRRPPPPOOOOSSSS header.
Normally the receiver specifies the data transfer to begin begin at
offset 0 in the file.
The receiver may start the transfer further down in the
file. This allows a file transfer interrupted by a loss
or carrier or system crash to be completed on the next
connection without requiring the entire file to be
retransmitted.[5] If downloading a file from a timesharing
system that becomes sluggish, the transfer can be
interrupted and resumed later with no loss of data.
The sender sends a ZZZZDDDDAAAATTTTAAAA binary header (with file position) followed by
one or more data subpackets.
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3. See below, under ZFILE header type.
4. The crc is initialized to 0xFFFFFFFF.
5. This does not apply to files that have been translated.
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The receiver compares the file position in the ZZZZDDDDAAAATTTTAAAA header with the
number of characters successfully received to the file. If they do not
agree, a ZZZZRRRRPPPPOOOOSSSS error response is generated to force the sender to the
right position within the file.[6]
A data subpacket terminated by ZZZZCCCCRRRRCCCCGGGG and CRC does not elicit a response
unless an error is detected; more data subpacket(s) follow immediately.
ZZZZCCCCRRRRCCCCQQQQ data subpackets expect a ZZZZAAAACCCCKKKK response with the
receiver's file offset if no error, otherwise a ZZZZRRRRPPPPOOOOSSSS
response with the last good file offset. Another data
subpacket continues immediately. ZZZZCCCCRRRRCCCCQQQQ subpackets are
not used if the receiver does not indicate FDX ability
with the CCCCAAAANNNNFFFFDDDDXXXX bit.
ZZZZCCCCRRRRCCCCWWWW data subpackets expect a response before the next frame is sent.
If the receiver does not indicate overlapped I/O capability with the
CCCCAAAANNNNOOOOVVVVIIIIOOOO bit, or sets a buffer size, the sender uses the ZZZZCCCCRRRRCCCCWWWW to allow
the receiver to write its buffer before sending more data.
A zero length data frame may be used as an idle
subpacket to prevent the receiver from timing out in
case data is not immediately available to the sender.
In the absence of fatal error, the sender eventually encounters end of