YMODEM(YMODEM)

Author: 张志刚 Date: 1997-01-01

  In communications,a popular file transfer protocol available in many off-the-shelf and shareware communications packages as well as on many bulletin boards.
  Ymodem是通讯中的一种流行的文件传输协议,应用在许多现行的和共享的通讯软件包以及很多电子公告板中。
  Ymodem,a variation of the Xmodem protocol,divides the data for the transmission into blocks; each block consists of the start-of-header character,a block number,1 K of data,and a checksum.Ymodem's larger data block means less overhead for error control when compared with Xmodem,but if the block has to be retransmitted because the protocol detects an error,there is more data to resend. Ymodem also incorporates the ability to send multiple files in the same session,and to abort file transfer during the transmission.
  Ymodem是Xmodem协议的一个变种,它把所传送的数据划分成块;每块均包含有块首字符、块号、1K的数据以及较验和。与Xmodem相比,Ymodem中的数据块更大意味着减少了用于错误控制的开销,但是如果由于该协议检测出错误而须重新传送某数据块时,也会有更多的数据重传。Ymodem中也合并了同期传送多个文件以及在传送期间中止文件传输的能力。