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(C-KERMIT USER GUIDE)SH
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(For UNIX, VMS, and Many Other Operating Systems)SH
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(C. Gianone, F. da Cruz)SH
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(Columbia University Center for Computing Activities)SH
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(New York, New York 10027)SH
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(January 8, 1988)SH
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(Copyright \050C\051 1981,1988)SH
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(Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York)SH
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(Permission is granted to any individual or institution to use, copy,)SH
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(or redistribute this document so long as it is not sold for profit, and)SH
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(provided this copyright notice is retained.)SH
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(1. UNIX KERMIT)SH
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(Page 1)SH
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(1. UNIX KERMIT)SH
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(Program:)SH
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(Frank da Cruz, Bill Catchings,)
262 W( Jeff Damens, Columbia University; Herm Fischer, Encino CA;)261 W
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(contributions by many others.)SH
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(Language:)SH
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(C)SH
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(Documentation:)SH
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(Christine Gianone, Frank da Cruz)SH
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(Version:)SH
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(4E\050068\051)SH
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(Date:)SH
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(January 24, 1988)SH
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(C-Kermit is an implementation of Kermit, written modularly and)
104 W( transportably in C. The protocol state transition)103 W
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(table is written in)97 W
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(wart)SH
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(, a \050non-proprietary\051 lex-like preprocessor for)
97 W( C. System-dependent primitive functions are)98 W
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(isolated into separately compiled modules so that the)
89 W( program should be easily portable among Unix systems and)88 W
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(also to non-Unix systems that have C compilers, such as VAX/VMS, Data General AOS/VS, Apollo Aegis,)
137 W( the)138 W
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(Apple Macintosh, and the Commodore Amiga.  This document applies to Unix implementations)
7 W( of C-Kermit, and in)6 W
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(most ways also to the VMS, Data General, and other implementations.)SH
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(Unix Kermit Capabilities At A Glance:)SH
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(Local operation:)SH
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(Yes)SH
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(Remote operation:)SH
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(Yes)SH
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(Login scripts:)SH
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(Yes \050UUCP style\051)SH
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(Transfer text files:)SH
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(Yes)SH
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(Transfer binary files:)SH
34480 XM
(Yes)SH
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(Wildcard send:)SH
34480 XM
(Yes)SH
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(File transfer interruption:)SH
34480 XM
(Yes)SH
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(Filename collision avoidance:)SH
34480 XM
(Yes)SH
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(Can time out:)SH
34480 XM
(Yes)SH
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(8th-bit prefixing:)SH
34480 XM
(Yes)SH
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(Repeat count prefixing:)SH
34480 XM
(Yes)SH
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(Alternate block checks:)SH
34480 XM
(Yes)SH
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(Terminal emulation:)SH
34480 XM
(Yes)SH
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(Communication settings:)SH
34480 XM
(Yes)SH
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(Transmit BREAK:)SH
34480 XM
(Yes \050most versions\051)SH
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(Support for dialout modems:)SH
34480 XM
(Yes)SH
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(IBM mainframe communication:)SH
34480 XM
(Yes)SH
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(Transaction logging:)SH
34480 XM
(Yes)SH
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(Session logging:)SH
34480 XM
(Yes)SH
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(Debug logging:)SH
34480 XM
(Yes)SH
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(Packet logging:)SH
34480 XM
(Yes)SH
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(Act as server:)SH
34480 XM
(Yes)SH
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(Talk to server:)SH
34480 XM
(Yes)SH
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(Advanced server functions:)SH
34480 XM
(Yes)SH
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(Local file management:)SH
34480 XM
(Yes)SH
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(Command/Init files:)SH
34480 XM
(Yes)SH
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(UUCP and multiuser line locking:)SH
34480 XM
(Yes)SH
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(Long packets:)SH
34480 XM
(Yes)SH
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(Sliding Windows:)SH
34480 XM
(No)SH
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(File attributes packets:)SH
34480 XM
(No)SH
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(Command macros:)SH
34480 XM
(No)SH
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(Raw file transmit:)SH
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(No)SH
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(All numbers in the C-Kermit documentation are decimal unless noted otherwise.)SH
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(C-Kermit provides traditional Unix command line operation)
290 W( as well as interactive command prompting and)291 W
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(execution. The)
460 W( command line)
105 W( options provide access to a basic subset of C-Kermit's capabilities; the interactive)104 W
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(command set is far richer.)SH
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(Kermit User Guide: UNIX KERMIT 1)SH
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(On systems with dialout)
175 W( modems, C-Kermit's command file and login script facilities provide a counterpart to)176 W
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(UUCP for)
8 W( file transfer with non-UNIX operating systems, including the use of scheduled \050e.g. late night\051 unattended)7 W
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(operation.)SH
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(1.1. The Unix File System)SH
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(Consult your Unix manual for details about the file system under your version of Unix.)
40 W( In)
332 W( general, Unix files have)41 W
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(lowercase names, possibly containing one or more dots or other special characters.  Unix directories are tree-)200 W
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(structured. Directory)
250 W( levels are separated by slash \050``)SH
/Courier SF
(/)SH
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(''\051 characters.  For example,)SH
/Courier SF
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(/usr/foo/bar)SH
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(denotes the file)70 W
/Courier SF
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(bar)SH
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(in the directory)70 W
/Courier SF
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(/usr/foo)SH
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(. Alphabetic)
390 W( case is significant in Unix file and)
70 W( directory names,)71 W
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(i.e. ``)147 W
/Courier SF
(a)SH
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('' is a different file \050or directory\051 from ``)147 W
/Courier SF
(A)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(''. Wildcard)
544 W( or "meta" characters allow groups)
147 W( of files to be)146 W
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(specified. ``)250 W
/Courier SF
(*)SH
/Times-Roman SF
('' matches any string; ``)SH
/Courier SF
(?)SH
/Times-Roman SF
('' matches any single character.)SH
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(When C-Kermit is invoked with file arguments specified on the)
55 W( Unix command line, the Unix shell \050Bourne Shell,)56 W
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(C-Shell, K-Shell, etc\051 expands the meta characters itself, and in this case a wider variety is available.  For example,)SH
/Courier SF
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(kermit -s ~/ck[uvm]*.{upd,bwr}])SH
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(is expanded by the Berkeley C-Shell into a list of all the files in the user's home directory \050)73 W
/Courier SF
(~/)SH
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(\051 that start with)
73 W( the)72 W
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(characters ")45 W
/Courier SF
(ck)SH
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(", followed by a)
45 W( single character ``)46 W
/Courier SF
(u)SH
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('', ``)46 W
/Courier SF
(v)SH
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('', or ``)46 W
/Courier SF
(m)SH
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('', followed by zero or more characters, followed)46 W
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(by a dot, followed by one of)
73 W( the strings ``)72 W
/Courier SF
(upd)SH
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('' or ``)72 W
/Courier SF
(bwr)SH
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(''. Internally,)
394 W( the C-Kermit program itself expands only)72 W
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(the ``)SH
/Courier SF
(*)SH
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('' and ``)SH
/Courier SF
(?)SH
/Times-Roman SF
('' meta characters.)SH
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(Unix files are)
46 W( linear \050sequential\051 streams of 8-bit bytes.  Text files consist of 7-bit ASCII characters, with the high-)47 W
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(order bit off \0500\051, and lines separated by the Unix newline character, which is linefeed \050LF, ASCII 10\051.)
202 W( This)653 W
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(distinguishes Unix text files from those on most)
92 W( other ASCII systems, in which lines are separated by a carriage-)93 W
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(return linefeed sequence \050CRLF, ASCII 13, followed by linefeed,)
30 W( ASCII 10\051.  Binary files are likely to contain data)29 W
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(in the high bits of the file bytes, and have no particular line or record structure.)SH
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(When transferring files, C-Kermit will convert between upper and lower case filenames and between LF and CRLF)35 W
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(line terminators automatically, unless)
9 W( told to do otherwise.  When binary files must be transferred, the program must)8 W
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(be instructed not)
70 W( to perform LF/CRLF conversion \050)71 W
/Courier SF
(-i)SH
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(on the command line or "set file type binary" interactively;)71 W
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(see below\051.)SH
14 /Times-Bold AF
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(1.2. File Transfer)SH
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(If C-Kermit is in local mode,)
59 W( the screen \050stdout\051 is continously updated to show the progress of the file transer.  A)58 W
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(dot is printed for every four data packets, other packets are shown by type:)SH
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(I)SH
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(Exchange Parameter Information)SH
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(R)SH
9120 XM
(Receive Initiate)SH
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(S)SH
9120 XM
(Send Initiate)SH
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(F)SH
9120 XM
(File Header)SH
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(G)SH
9120 XM
(Generic Server Command)SH
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(C)SH
9120 XM
(Remote Host Command)SH
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(N)SH
9120 XM
(Negative Acknowledgement \050NAK\051)SH
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(E)SH
9120 XM
(Fatal Error)SH
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(T)SH
9120 XM
(Indicates a timeout occurred)SH
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(Q)SH
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(Indicates a damaged, undesired, or illegal packet was received)SH
/Courier SF
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(%)SH
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(Indicates a packet was retransmitted)SH
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(You may type certain "interrupt" commands during file transfer:)SH
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(Control-F:)SH
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(Interrupt the current File, and go on to the next \050if any\051.)SH
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(1.2. File Transfer)SH
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(Control-B:)SH
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(Interrupt the entire Batch of files, terminate the transaction.)SH
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(Control-R:)SH
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(Resend the current packet)SH
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(Control-A:)SH
16280 XM
(Display a status report for the current transaction.)SH
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(These interrupt characters differ from the ones used in other Kermit implementations to avoid conflict)
263 W( with)264 W
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(commonly used Unix shell interrupt characters.  With Version 7, System III, and)
146 W( System V implementations of)145 W
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(Unix, interrupt commands must be preceeded)
9 W( by the 'connect' escape character \050e.g. normally-)10 W
/Courier SF
(\134)SH
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(\051. Ctrl-F)
270 W( and Ctrl-B)10 W
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(are effective only during the transfer of data \050D\051 packets, and cannot be used to interrupt a transfer that has)
52 W( not yet)51 W
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(reached that stage.)SH
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(CAUTION:)SH
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(If Control-F or Control-B is used to cancel an incoming file, and)
121 W( a file of the same name)122 W
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(previously existed,)103 W
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(and)SH
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(the "file warning" feature)
103 W( is not enabled, then the previous copy of the file will)102 W
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(disappear.)SH
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(EMERGENCY EXIT:)11 W
/Times-Roman SF
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(When running Unix Kermit in remote mode,)
11 W( if you have started a protocol operation \050sending)12 W
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(or receiving a file, server command wait, etc\051, you will not be able to communicate with)
42 W( the terminal in the normal)41 W
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(way. In)
372 W( particular,)
61 W( you cannot stop the protocol by typing the normal Unix interrupt characters, since the terminal)62 W
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(has been put in "raw mode".  If you need)
71 W( to regain control quickly -- for instance, because the protocol is stuck --)70 W
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(you can type two Control-C's directly to the Unix Kermit program \050"connect" first if necessary\051:)SH
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(Control-C Control-C)SH
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(This will cause the program to exit and restore the terminal to normal.)SH
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(1.3. Command Line Operation)SH
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(The C-Kermit command line syntax conforms to the Proposed Syntax Standards for Unix System Commands)
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(forth by Kathy)
1 W( Hemenway and Helene Armitage of AT&T Bell Laboratories in)SH
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(Unix/World)SH
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(, Vol.1, No.3, 1984.  The)SH
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(rules that apply are:)SH
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(\267)SH
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(Command names must be between 2 and 9 characters \050"kermit" is 6\051.)SH
/Symbol SF
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(\267)SH
/Times-Roman SF
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(Command names must include lower case letters and digits only.)SH
/Symbol SF
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(\267)SH
/Times-Roman SF
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(An option name is a single character.)SH
/Symbol SF
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(\267)SH
/Times-Roman SF
10780 XM
(Options are delimited by ')SH
/Courier SF
(-)SH
/Times-Roman SF
('.)SH
/Symbol SF
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(\267)SH
/Times-Roman SF
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(Options with no arguments may be grouped \050bundled\051 behind one delimiter.)SH
/Symbol SF
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(\267)SH
/Times-Roman SF
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(Option-arguments cannot be optional.)SH
/Symbol SF
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(\267)SH
/Times-Roman SF
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(Arguments immediately follow options, separated by whitespace.)SH
/Symbol SF
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(\267)SH
/Times-Roman SF
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(The order of options does not matter.)SH
/Symbol SF
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(\267)SH
/Times-Roman SF
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(')SH
/Courier SF
(-)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(' preceded and followed by whitespace means standard input.)SH
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(A group of bundled options may end with an option that has an argument.)SH
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(The following notation is used in command descriptions:)SH
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(fn)SH
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(A Unix file)
249 W( specification, possibly containing the "wildcard" characters `)250 W
/Courier SF
(*)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(' or `)250 W
/Courier SF
(?)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(' \050`)250 W
/Courier SF
(*)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(' matches all)250 W
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(character strings, `)SH
/Courier SF
(?)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(' matches)
250 W( any single character\051.)SH
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(fn1)SH
/Times-Roman SF
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(A Unix file specification which may not contain `)SH
/Courier SF
(*)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(' or `)SH
/Courier SF
(?)SH
/Times-Roman SF
('.)SH
/Times-Italic SF
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(rfn)SH
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(A remote file specification in the remote system's own)
50 W( syntax, which may denote a single file or a group)49 W
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(of files.)SH
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(rfn1)SH
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(A remote file specification which should denote only a single file.)SH
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(n)SH
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(A decimal number between 0 and 94.)SH
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(c)SH
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(A decimal number between 0 and 127 representing the value of an ASCII character.)SH
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(cc)SH
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(A decimal number between 0 and 31, or else exactly 127, representing the value)
147 W( of an ASCII control)148 W
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(character.)SH
/Courier SF
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([ ])SH
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(Any field in square braces is optional.)SH
/Courier SF
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({x,y,z})SH
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(Alternatives are listed in curly braces.)SH
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(C-Kermit command line options may specify)
40 W( any combination of actions and settings.  If C-Kermit is invoked with)41 W
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(a command line that specifies no actions, then it will issue a prompt and)
85 W( begin interactive dialog.  Action options)84 W
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(specify either protocol transactions or terminal connection.)SH
/Courier SF
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(-s)SH
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(fn)SH
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(Send the specified file)
49 W( or files.  If)50 W
/Times-Italic SF
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(fn)SH
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(contains wildcard \050meta\051 characters, the Unix shell expands it into a)50 W
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(list. If)250 W
/Times-Italic SF
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(fn)SH
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(is ')SH
/Courier SF
(-)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(' then kermit sends from standard input, which may come from a file:)SH
/Courier SF
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(kermit -s - < foo.bar)SH
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(or a parallel process:)SH
/Courier SF
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(ls -l | grep christin | kermit -s -)SH
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(You cannot use this mechanism to send terminal typein.  If you)
56 W( want to send a file whose actual name is)55 W
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(``)SH
/Courier SF
(-)SH
/Times-Roman SF
('' you can precede it with a path name, as in)SH
/Courier SF
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(kermit -s ./-)SH
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(-r)SH
/Times-Roman SF
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(Receive a file or files.  Wait passively for files to arrive.)SH
/Courier SF
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(-k)SH
/Times-Roman SF
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(Receive \050passively\051 a file or files, sending them to standard)
106 W( output.  This option can be used in several)107 W
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(ways:)SH
/Courier SF
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(kermit -k)SH
/Times-Roman SF
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(Displays the incoming files on your screen; to be used only in "local mode" \050see below\051.)SH
/Courier SF
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(kermit -k >)SH
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(fn1)SH
/Times-Roman SF
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(Sends the incoming file or files)
242 W( to the named file,)241 W
/Times-Italic SF
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(fn1)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(. If)
732 W( more than one file arrives, all are)241 W
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(concatenated together into the single file)SH
/Times-Italic SF
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(fn1)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(.)SH
/Courier SF
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(kermit -k | command)SH
/Times-Roman SF
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(Pipes the incoming data \050single or multiple files\051 to the indicated command, as in)SH
/Courier SF
14520 39826 MT
(kermit -k | sort > sorted.stuff)SH
6120 41617 MT
(-a)SH
/Times-Italic SF
7920 XM
(fn1)SH
/Times-Roman SF
10120 XM
(If you have specified a file transfer option, you may give)
74 W( an alternate name for a single file with the)73 W
/Courier SF
51720 XM
(-a)SH
/Times-Roman SF
10120 42722 MT
(\050"as"\051 option.  For example,)SH
/Courier SF
12520 44377 MT
(kermit -s foo -a bar)SH
/Times-Roman SF
10120 46094 MT
(sends the file)59 W
/Courier SF
15824 XM
(foo)SH
/Times-Roman SF
17934 XM
(telling the receiver that its name is)60 W
/Courier SF
32380 XM
(bar)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(. If)
370 W( more than one file arrives or is sent, only)60 W
10120 47199 MT
(the first file is affected by the)SH
/Courier SF
22145 XM
(-a)SH
/Times-Roman SF
23595 XM
(option:)SH
/Courier SF
12520 48854 MT
(kermit -ra baz)SH
/Times-Roman SF
10120 50571 MT
(stores the first incoming file under the name)SH
/Courier SF
28062 XM
(baz)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(.)SH
/Courier SF
6120 52148 MT
(-x)SH
/Times-Roman SF
10120 XM
(Begin server operation.  May be used in either local or remote mode.)SH
6120 53939 MT
(Before proceeding, a few words about remote and local operation)
28 W( are necessary.  C-Kermit is "local" if it is running)27 W
6120 55135 MT
(on PC or workstation that you are using directly, or if it is running on a multiuser system and transferring files over)33 W
6120 56331 MT
(an external communication line -- not your job's controlling terminal or console.  C-Kermit is remote if it is running)16 W
6120 57527 MT
(on a multiuser system and transferring files over its own controlling terminal's)
208 W( communication line \050normally)209 W
/Courier SF
6120 58723 MT
(/dev/tty)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(\051, connected to your PC or workstation.)SH
6120 61115 MT
(If you are running C-Kermit on a PC, it is normally used in local mode, with the "back port" designated)
112 W( for file)111 W
6120 62311 MT
(transfer and terminal connection.  If you are running C-Kermit on a multiuser \050timesharing\051 system,)
60 W( it is in remote)61 W
6120 63507 MT
(mode unless you explicitly point it at an external)
195 W( line for file transfer or terminal connection.  The following)194 W
6120 64703 MT
(command sets C-Kermit's "mode":)SH
/Courier SF
6120 66494 MT
(-l)SH
/Times-Italic SF
7920 XM
(dev)SH
/Times-Roman SF
10120 XM
(Line -- Specify a terminal line to use for file transfer and terminal connection, as in)SH
/Courier SF
12520 68149 MT
(kermit -l /dev/ttyi5)SH
/Times-Roman SF
6120 69940 MT
(When an external line is being used, you will)
37 W( also need some additional options for successful communication with)38 W
6120 71136 MT
(the remote system:)SH
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(1.3. Command Line Operation)SH
10 /Times-Italic AF
52275 XM
(Page 5)SH
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/Courier SF
8280 7886 MT
(-b)SH
/Times-Italic SF
10080 XM
(n)SH
/Times-Roman SF
12280 XM
(Baud -- Specify the baud rate for the line given in the)SH
/Courier SF
33887 XM
(-l)SH
/Times-Roman SF
35337 XM
(option, as in)SH
/Courier SF
14680 9541 MT
(kermit -l /dev/ttyi5 -b 9600)SH
/Times-Roman SF
12280 11258 MT
(This option should always be included with the)174 W
/Courier SF
32838 XM
(-l)SH
/Times-Roman SF
34462 XM
(option, since the speed of an external line is)
174 W( not)173 W
12280 12363 MT
(necessarily what you expect.)SH
/Courier SF
8280 13940 MT
(-p)SH
/Times-Italic SF
10080 XM
(x)SH
/Times-Roman SF
12280 XM
(Parity --)
5 W( e,o,m,s,n \050even, odd, mark, space, or none\051.  If parity is other than none, then the 8th-bit prefixing)6 W
12280 15045 MT
(mechanism will be used)
175 W( for transferring 8-bit binary data, provided the opposite Kermit agrees.  The)174 W
12280 16150 MT
(default parity is none.)SH
/Courier SF
8280 17727 MT
(-t)SH
/Times-Roman SF
12280 XM
(Specifies half duplex, line turnaround with XON as the handshake character.)SH
8280 19518 MT
(The following commands may be used only with a C-Kermit which is local either)
30 W( by default or else because the)31 W
/Courier SF
53880 XM
(-l)SH
/Times-Roman SF
8280 20714 MT
(option has been specified.)SH
/Courier SF
8280 22505 MT
(-g)SH
/Times-Italic SF
10080 XM
(rfn)SH
/Times-Roman SF
12280 XM
(Actively request a remote server to send the named file or)
100 W( files;)99 W
/Times-Italic SF
39139 XM
(rfn)SH
/Times-Roman SF
40655 XM
(is a file specification in the remote)99 W
12280 23610 MT
(host's own syntax.  If)111 W
/Times-Italic SF
21723 XM
(fn)SH
/Times-Roman SF
22862 XM
(happens to contain any special shell characters, like space, ')111 W
/Courier SF
(*)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(', ')111 W
/Courier SF
([)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(', etc, these)111 W
12280 24715 MT
(must be quoted, as in)SH
/Courier SF
14680 26370 MT
(kermit -g x\134*.\134?)SH
/Times-Roman SF
12280 28087 MT
(or)SH
/Courier SF
14680 29742 MT
(kermit -g "profile exec")SH
8280 31459 MT
(-f)SH
/Times-Roman SF
12280 XM
(Send a 'finish' command to a remote server.)SH
/Courier SF
8280 33036 MT
(-c)SH
/Times-Roman SF
12280 XM
(Establish a terminal connection over the specified or default communication line, before any)
169 W( protocol)168 W
12280 34141 MT
(transaction takes place.)
342 W( Get)
935 W( back to the local system by typing the escape character \050normally)343 W
12280 35246 MT
(Control-Backslash\051 followed by the letter 'c'.)SH
/Courier SF
8280 36823 MT
(-n)SH
/Times-Roman SF
12280 XM
(Like)SH
/Courier SF
14396 XM
(-c)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(, but)33 W
/Times-Italic SF
17690 XM
(after)SH
/Times-Roman SF
19862 XM
(a protocol transaction takes place;)33 W
/Courier SF
33885 XM
(-c)SH
/Times-Roman SF
35368 XM
(and)SH
/Courier SF
37095 XM
(-n)SH
/Times-Roman SF
38578 XM
(may both be)
33 W( used in the same command.)32 W
12280 37928 MT
(The use of)SH
/Courier SF
16751 XM
(-n)SH
/Times-Roman SF
18201 XM
(and)SH
/Courier SF
19895 XM
(-c)SH
/Times-Roman SF
21345 XM
(is illustrated below.)SH
8280 39719 MT
(If the other Kermit is on a remote system, the)76 W
/Courier SF
27454 XM
(-l)SH
/Times-Roman SF
28980 XM
(and)SH
/Courier SF
30750 XM
(-b)SH
/Times-Roman SF
32276 XM
(options should also be included with the)76 W
/Courier SF
49169 XM
(-r)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(,)SH
/Courier SF
50945 XM
(-k)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(, or)76 W
/Courier SF
53880 XM
(-s)SH
/Times-Roman SF
8280 40915 MT
(options.)SH
8280 43307 MT
(Several other command-line options are provided:)SH
/Courier SF
8280 45098 MT
(-i)SH
/Times-Roman SF
12280 XM
(Specifies that)
5 W( files should be sent or received exactly "as is" with no conversions.  This option is necessary)4 W
12280 46203 MT
(for transmitting binary files.  It may also be)
30 W( used in Unix-to-Unix transfers \050it must be given to)31 W
/Times-Italic SF
51021 XM
(both)SH
/Times-Roman SF
53080 XM
(Unix)SH
12280 47308 MT
(Kermit programs\051, where it will improve)
54 W( performance by circumventing the normal text-file conversions,)53 W
12280 48413 MT
(and will allow mixture of text and binary files in a single file group.)SH
/Courier SF
8280 49990 MT
(-w)SH
/Times-Roman SF
12280 XM
(Write-Protect -- Avoid filename collisions for incoming files.)SH
/Courier SF
8280 51567 MT
(-e)SH
/Times-Italic SF
10080 XM
(n)SH
/Times-Roman SF
12280 XM
(Extended packet length -- Specify that C-Kermit is allowed to receive packets)
9 W( up to length)10 W
/Times-Italic SF
48885 XM
(n)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(, where)10 W
/Times-Italic SF
52598 XM
(n)SH
/Times-Roman SF
53358 XM
(may)SH
12280 52672 MT
(be between 10 and some)
22 W( large number, like 1000, depending on the system.  The default maximum length)21 W
12280 53777 MT
(for received packets is)
122 W( 90.  Packets longer than 94 will be used only if the other Kermit supports, and)123 W
12280 54882 MT
(agrees to use, the "long packet" protocol extension.)SH
/Courier SF
8280 56459 MT
(-q)SH
/Times-Roman SF
12280 XM
(Quiet -- Suppress screen update during file transfer, for instance to allow a file transfer to proceed in the)62 W
12280 57564 MT
(background.)SH
/Courier SF
8280 59141 MT
(-d)SH
/Times-Roman SF
12280 XM
(Debug --)
40 W( Record debugging information in the file)41 W
/Courier SF
33104 XM
(debug.log)SH
/Times-Roman SF
38795 XM
(in the current directory.  Use this option)41 W
12280 60246 MT
(if you believe the program is misbehaving, and show the resulting log to your local Kermit maintainer.)SH
/Courier SF
8280 61823 MT
(-h)SH
/Times-Roman SF
12280 XM
(Help -- Display a brief synopsis of the command line options.)SH
8280 63614 MT
(The command line may contain no more than one protocol action option.)SH
8280 66006 MT
(Files are)
100 W( sent with their own names, except that lowercase letters are raised to upper, pathnames are stripped off,)99 W
8280 67202 MT
(certain special characters like \050`)36 W
/Courier SF
(~)SH
/Times-Roman SF
('\051 and \050`)36 W
/Courier SF
(#)SH
/Times-Roman SF
('\051 are changed to `)36 W
/Courier SF
(X)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(', and)
36 W( if the file name begins with a period, an `)37 W
/Courier SF
(X)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(' is)37 W
8280 68398 MT
(inserted before it.  Incoming files are stored)
20 W( under their own names except that uppercase letters are lowered, and, if)19 W
/Courier SF
8280 69594 MT
(-w)SH
/Times-Roman SF
9780 XM
(was specified, a "generation number" is appended to the name if it has the same name as an existing file which)51 W
8280 70790 MT
(would otherwise be overwritten.  If the)74 W
/Courier SF
24628 XM
(-a)SH
/Times-Roman SF
26152 XM
(option is included, then the same rules apply to its)
74 W( argument.  The file)73 W
8280 71986 MT
(transfer display shows any transformations performed upon filenames.)SH
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6120 4404 MT
(Page 6)SH
12 /Times-Bold AF
32187 XM
(Kermit User Guide: UNIX KERMIT 1.3)SH
46800 50 6120 5709 UL
10 /Times-Roman AF
6120 7886 MT
(During transmission, files are encoded as follows:)SH
/Symbol SF
7910 9791 MT
(\267)SH
/Times-Roman SF
8620 XM
(Control characters are converted to prefixed printables.)SH
/Symbol SF
7910 11780 MT
(\267)SH
/Times-Roman SF
8620 XM
(Sequences of repeated characters are collapsed via repeat counts, if the other Kermit is also capable of)56 W
8620 12885 MT
(repeated-character compression.)SH
/Symbol SF
7910 14874 MT
(\267)SH
/Times-Roman SF
8620 XM
(If parity is being used on the communication line, data characters with the 8th)
198 W( \050parity\051 bit on are)197 W
8620 15979 MT
(specially prefixed, provided the other Kermit is capable)
118 W( of 8th-bit prefixing; if not, 8-bit binary files)119 W
8620 17084 MT
(cannot be successfully transferred.)SH
/Symbol SF
7910 19073 MT
(\267)SH
/Times-Roman SF
8620 XM
(Conversion is done between Unix)
19 W( newlines and carriage-return-linefeed sequences unless the)18 W
/Courier SF
46396 XM
(-i)SH
/Times-Roman SF
47864 XM
(option)SH
8620 20178 MT
(was specified.)SH
12 /Times-Bold AF
6120 22766 MT
(Command Line Examples:)SH
10 /Courier AF
8520 25252 MT
(kermit -l /dev/ttyi5 -b 1200 -cn -r)SH
/Times-Roman SF
6120 26969 MT
(This command connects you to the system on the other end of)58 W
/Courier SF
31869 XM
(ttyi5)SH
/Times-Roman SF
35177 XM
(at 1200)
58 W( baud, where you presumably log in)59 W
6120 28165 MT
(and run Kermit with a 'send' command.  After you escape back, C-Kermit waits for a file \050or files\051 to arrive.  When)23 W
6120 29361 MT
(the file transfer is completed, you are reconnected to the remote system so that you can logout.)SH
/Courier SF
8520 31847 MT
(kermit -l /dev/ttyi4 -b 1800 -cntp m -r -a foo)SH
/Times-Roman SF
6120 34239 MT
(This command is like the preceding one, except the remote system in this)
12 W( case uses half duplex communication with)13 W
6120 35435 MT
(mark parity.  The first file that arrives is stored under the name)SH
/Courier SF
31504 XM
(foo)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(.)SH
/Courier SF
8520 37921 MT
(kermit -l /dev/ttyi6 -b 9600 -c | tek)SH
/Times-Roman SF
6120 40313 MT
(This example uses Kermit to connect your terminal to the system at the other end of)SH
/Courier SF
39949 XM
(ttyi6)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(. The)
250 W( C-Kermit terminal)SH
6120 41509 MT
(connection does not provide any particular terminal emulation, so C-Kermit's standard)
220 W( i/o is piped through a)221 W
6120 42705 MT
(\050hypothetical\051 program called tek, which performs \050say\051 Tektronix emulation.)SH
/Courier SF
8520 45191 MT
(kermit -l /dev/ttyi6 -b 9600 -nf)SH
/Times-Roman SF
6120 47583 MT
(This command would be used to shut down a remote server and then connect to the remote system, in order)
57 W( to log)56 W
6120 48779 MT
(out or to make further use of it.  The)SH
/Courier SF
20923 XM
(-n)SH
/Times-Roman SF
22373 XM
(option is invoked)SH
/Times-Italic SF
29568 XM
(after)SH
/Courier SF
31707 XM
(-f)SH
/Times-Roman SF
33157 XM
(\050)SH
/Courier SF
(-c)SH
/Times-Roman SF
34940 XM
(would have been invoked before\051.)SH
/Courier SF
8520 51265 MT
(kermit -l /dev/ttyi6 -b 9600 -qg foo.\134* &)SH
/Times-Roman SF
6120 53657 MT
(This command causes C-Kermit to be invoked in the background, getting a group)
10 W( of files from a remote server \050note)11 W
6120 54853 MT
(the quoting of the `)33 W
/Courier SF
(*)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(' character\051.  No display occurs on the screen, and the)
33 W( keyboard is not sampled for interruption)32 W
6120 56049 MT
(commands. This)
250 W( allows other work to be done while file transfers proceed in the background.)SH
/Courier SF
8520 58535 MT
(kermit -l /dev/ttyi6 -b 9600 -g foo.\134* > foo.log < /dev/null &)SH
/Times-Roman SF
6120 60927 MT
(This command is like)
107 W( the previous one, except the file transfer display has been redirected to the file)108 W
/Courier SF
48470 XM
(foo.log)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(.)SH
6120 62123 MT
(Standard input is also redirected, to prevent C-Kermit from sampling it for interruption commands.)SH
/Courier SF
8520 64609 MT
(kermit -iwx)SH
/Times-Roman SF
6120 67001 MT
(This command starts up C-Kermit as)
235 W( a server.  Files are transmitted with no newline/carriage-return-linefeed)234 W
6120 68197 MT
(conversion; the)255 W
/Courier SF
13018 XM
(-i)SH
/Times-Roman SF
14724 XM
(option is necessary for binary file transfer and recommended for Unix-to-Unix transfers.)256 W
6120 69393 MT
(Incoming files that have the same names as existing files are given new, unique names.)SH
/Courier SF
8520 71879 MT
(kermit -l /dev/ttyi6 -b 9600)SH
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(1.3. Command Line Operation)SH
10 /Times-Italic AF
52275 XM
(Page 7)SH
46800 50 8280 5709 UL
/Times-Roman SF
8280 7886 MT
(This command sets the communication line and speed.  Since no action is specified, C-Kermit issues a prompt)
54 W( and)53 W
8280 9082 MT
(enters an interactive dialog with)
84 W( you.  Any settings given on the command line remain in force during the dialog,)85 W
8280 10278 MT
(unless explicitly changed.)SH
/Courier SF
10680 12764 MT
(kermit)SH
/Times-Roman SF
8280 15156 MT
(This command starts up Kermit interactively with all default settings.)SH
8280 17548 MT
(The next example shows how)
55 W( Unix Kermit might be used to send an entire directory tree from one Unix system to)54 W
8280 18744 MT
(another, using the tar program as Kermit's standard input and)
112 W( output.  On the orginating system, in this case the)113 W
8280 19940 MT
(remote, type \050for instance\051:)SH
/Courier SF
10680 22426 MT
(tar cf - /usr/fdc | kermit -is -)SH
/Times-Roman SF
8280 24818 MT
(This causes tar to send the directory)91 W
/Courier SF
23553 XM
(/usr/fdc)SH
/Times-Roman SF
28694 XM
(\050and all its files)
91 W( and all its subdirectories and all their files...\051 to)90 W
8280 26014 MT
(standard output instead of to)
128 W( a tape; kermit receives this as standard input and sends it as a binary file.  On the)129 W
8280 27210 MT
(receiving system, in this case the local one, type \050for instance\051:)SH
/Courier SF
10680 29696 MT
(kermit -il /dev/ttyi5 -b 9600 -k | tar xf -)SH
/Times-Roman SF
8280 32088 MT
(Kermit receives the tar archive, and sends it via standard output to its own copy of tar, which)
122 W( extracts from it a)121 W
8280 33284 MT
(replica of the original directory tree.)SH
8280 35676 MT
(A final example shows how a Unix compression utility might be used to speed up Kermit file transfers:)SH
/Courier SF
10680 37391 MT
(compress file | kermit -is -)
SH( \050)2400 W
/Times-Italic SF
(sender)SH
/Courier SF
(\051)SH
10680 38422 MT
(kermit -ik | uncompress)
SH( \050)5400 W
/Times-Italic SF
(receiver)SH
/Courier SF
(\051)SH
12 /Times-Bold AF
8280 41010 MT
(Exit Status Codes:)SH
10 /Times-Roman AF
8280 42424 MT
(Unix Kermit returns an exit status of zero, except when)
79 W( a fatal error is encountered, where the exit status is set to)80 W
8280 43620 MT
(one. With)
756 W( background operation \050e.g., `)253 W
/Courier SF
(&)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(' at end of)
253 W( invoking command line\051 driven by scripted interactive)252 W
8280 44816 MT
(commands \050redirected standard input and/or take files\051, any failed interactive command \050such as failed dial or)
28 W( script)29 W
8280 46012 MT
(attempt\051 causes the fatal error exit.)SH
14 /Times-Bold AF
8280 49614 MT
(1.4. Interactive Operation)SH
10 /Times-Roman AF
8280 51732 MT
(C-Kermit's interactive command prompt is ")124 W
/Courier SF
(C-Kermit>)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(". In)
498 W( response)
124 W( to this prompt, you may type any valid)123 W
8280 52928 MT
(interactive C-Kermit command.  C-Kermit)
15 W( executes the command and then prompts you for another command.  The)16 W
8280 54124 MT
(process continues until you instruct the program to terminate.)SH
8280 56516 MT
(Commands begin with a keyword,)
11 W( normally an English verb, such as "send".  You may omit trailing characters from)10 W
8280 57712 MT
(any keyword, so)
5 W( long as you specify sufficient characters to distinguish it from any other keyword valid in that field.)6 W
8280 58908 MT
(Certain commonly-used keywords \050such)
17 W( as "send", "receive", "connect"\051 also have special non-unique abbreviations)16 W
8280 60104 MT
(\050"s" for "send", "r" for "receive", "c" for "connect"\051.)SH
8280 62496 MT
(Certain characters have special functions during typein of interactive commands:)SH
/Courier SF
10280 64287 MT
(?)SH
/Times-Roman SF
12280 XM
(Question mark, typed at)
71 W( any point in a command, will produce a message explaining what is possible or)72 W
12280 65392 MT
(expected at that)
4 W( point.  Depending on the context, the message may be a brief phrase, a menu of keywords,)3 W
12280 66497 MT
(or a list of files.)SH
/Courier SF
10280 68074 MT
(ESC)SH
/Times-Roman SF
12280 XM
(\050The Escape or Altmode key\051 -- Request completion of the current keyword)
44 W( or filename, or insertion of a)45 W
12280 69179 MT
(default value.  The result will be a beep if the requested operation fails.)SH
/Courier SF
10280 70756 MT
(DEL)SH
/Times-Roman SF
12280 XM
(\050The Delete or Rubout key\051 -- Delete the previous character from the command.  You)
93 W( may also use BS)92 W
12280 71861 MT
(\050Backspace, Control-H\051 for this function.)SH
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6120 4404 MT
(Page 8)SH
12 /Times-Bold AF
32187 XM
(Kermit User Guide: UNIX KERMIT 1.4)SH
46800 50 6120 5709 UL
10 /Courier AF
8120 7886 MT
(^W)SH
/Times-Roman SF
10120 XM
(\050Control-W\051 -- Erase the rightmost word from the command line.)SH
/Courier SF
8120 9463 MT
(^U)SH
/Times-Roman SF
10120 XM
(\050Control-U\051 -- Erase the entire command.)SH
/Courier SF
8120 11040 MT
(^R)SH
/Times-Roman SF
10120 XM
(\050Control-R\051 -- Redisplay the current command.)SH
/Courier SF
8120 12617 MT
(SP)SH
/Times-Roman SF
10120 XM
(\050Space\051 -- Delimits fields \050keywords,)
55 W( filenames, numbers\051 within a command.  HT \050Horizontal Tab\051 may)56 W
10120 13722 MT
(also be used for this purpose.)SH
/Courier SF
8120 15299 MT
(CR)SH
/Times-Roman SF
10120 XM
(\050Carriage Return\051 -- Enters the command for execution.  LF \050Linefeed\051 or FF \050formfeed\051 may also be used)15 W
10120 16404 MT
(for this purpose.)SH
/Courier SF
8120 17981 MT
(\134)SH
/Times-Roman SF
10120 XM
(\050Backslash\051 -- Enter any of the above characters into the command, literally.  To enter a backslash,)
77 W( type)78 W
10120 19086 MT
(two backslashes)
141 W( in a row \050)140 W
/Courier SF
(\134\134)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(\051. A)
530 W( backslash at the end of a command line causes the next line to be)140 W
10120 20191 MT
(treated as a continuation line;)
152 W( this is useful for readability in command files, especially in the 'script')153 W
10120 21296 MT
(command.)SH
/Courier SF
8120 22873 MT
(^Z)SH
/Times-Roman SF
10120 XM
(\050Control-Z\051 -- On systems \050like Berkeley Unix, Ultrix\051 with job control, suspend Kermit, i.e. put it into the)8 W
10120 23978 MT
(background in such a way that it can be brought back into the foreground \050e.g. with an ')222 W
/Courier SF
(fg)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(' shell)222 W
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(command\051 with all its settings intact.)SH
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(You may type the editing characters \050)40 W
/Courier SF
(DEL)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(,)SH
/Courier SF
23752 XM
(^W)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(, etc\051 repeatedly, to delete all the way back to the prompt.)
40 W( No)
328 W( action)39 W
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(will be performed)
71 W( until the command is entered by typing carriage return, linefeed, or formfeed.  If you make any)72 W
6120 29266 MT
(mistakes, you will receive an informative error message and a new prompt -- make liberal use)
5 W( of `)4 W
/Courier SF
(?)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(' and ESC to feel)4 W
6120 30462 MT
(your way through the commands.)
125 W( One)
501 W( important command is "help" -- you should use it the first time you run)126 W
6120 31658 MT
(C-Kermit.)SH
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(A command line beginning with a)
146 W( percent sign ``)145 W
/Courier SF
(%)SH
/Times-Roman SF
('' is ignored.  Such lines may be used to include illustrative)145 W
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(commentary in Kermit command dialogs.)SH
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(Interactive C-Kermit accepts commands from files as well as from the keyboard.  When you start)
121 W( C-Kermit, the)122 W
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(program looks for the file)49 W
/Courier SF
16891 XM
(.kermrc)SH
/Times-Roman SF
21390 XM
(in your)
49 W( home or current directory \050first it looks in the home directory, then in)48 W
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(the current one\051 and executes any commands it finds there.  These commands must be in interactive format,)
122 W( not)123 W
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(Unix command-line format.  A "take" command is also provided for use at)
13 W( any time during an interactive session, to)12 W
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(allow interactive-format commands to)
147 W( be executed from a file; command files may be nested to any reasonable)148 W
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(depth.)SH
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(Here is a brief list of C-Kermit interactive commands:)SH
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(%)SH
17420 XM
(Comment)SH
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(!)SH
17420 XM
(Execute a Unix shell command, or start a shell.)SH
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(bye)SH
17420 XM
(Terminate and log out a remote Kermit server.)SH
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(close)SH
17420 XM
(Close a log file.)SH
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(connect)SH
17420 XM
(Establish a terminal connection to a remote system.)SH
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(cwd)SH
17420 XM
(Change Working Directory.)SH
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(dial)SH
17420 XM
(Dial a telephone number.)SH
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(directory)SH
17420 XM
(Display a directory listing.)SH
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(echo)SH
17420 XM
(Display arguments literally.)SH
15420 57565 MT
(exit)SH
17420 XM
(Exit from the program, closing any open files.)SH
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(finish)SH
17420 XM
(Instruct a remote Kermit server to exit, but not log out.)SH
15698 59775 MT
(get)SH
17420 XM
(Get files from a remote Kermit server.)SH
15198 60880 MT
(help)SH
17420 XM
(Display a help message for a given command.)SH
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(log)SH
17420 XM
(Open a log file -- debugging, packet, session, transaction.)SH
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(quit)SH
17420 XM
(Same as 'exit'.)SH
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(receive)SH
17420 XM
(Passively wait for files to arrive.)SH
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(remote)SH
17420 XM
(Issue file management commands to a remote Kermit server.)SH
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(script)SH
17420 XM
(Execute a login script with a remote system.)SH
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(send)SH
17420 XM
(Send files.)SH
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(server)SH
17420 XM
(Begin server operation.)SH
15809 69720 MT
(set)SH
17420 XM
(Set various parameters.)SH
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(show)SH
17420 XM
(Display values of 'set' parameters.)SH
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(space)SH
17420 XM
(Display current disk space usage.)SH
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(1.4. Interactive Operation)SH
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(Page 9)SH
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/Times-Roman SF
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(statistics)SH
19580 XM
(Display statistics about most recent transaction.)SH
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(take)SH
19580 XM
(Execute commands from a file.)SH
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(The 'set' parameters are:)SH
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(block-check)SH
19580 XM
(Level of packet error detection.)SH
16914 14098 MT
(delay)SH
19580 XM
(How long to wait before sending first packet.)SH
16358 15203 MT
(duplex)SH
19580 XM
(Specify which side echoes during 'connect'.)SH
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(escape-character)SH
19580 XM
(Prefix for "escape commands" during 'connect'.)SH
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(file)SH
19580 XM
(Set various file parameters.)SH
14081 18518 MT
(flow-control)SH
19580 XM
(Communication line full-duplex flow control.)SH
14859 19623 MT
(handshake)SH
19580 XM
(Communication line half-duplex turnaround character.)SH
14636 20728 MT
(incomplete)SH
19580 XM
(Disposition for incompletely received files.)SH
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(line)SH
19580 XM
(Communication line device name.)SH
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(modem-dialer)SH
19580 XM
(Type of modem-dialer on communication line.)SH
16747 24043 MT
(parity)SH
19580 XM
(Communication line character parity.)SH
16191 25148 MT
(prompt)SH
19580 XM
(The C-Kermit program's interactive command prompt.)SH
16193 26253 MT
(receive)SH
19580 XM
(Parameters for inbound packets.)SH
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(retry)SH
19580 XM
(Packet retransmission limit.)SH
17247 28463 MT
(send)SH
19580 XM
(Parameters for outbound packets.)SH
16803 29568 MT
(speed)SH
19580 XM
(Communication line speed.)SH
15747 30673 MT
(terminal)SH
19580 XM
(Terminal parameters.)SH
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(The 'remote' commands are:)SH
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(cwd)SH
19580 XM
(Change remote working directory.)SH
16692 35780 MT
(delete)SH
19580 XM
(Delete remote files.)SH
15470 36885 MT
(directory)SH
19580 XM
(Display a listing of remote file names.)SH
17358 37990 MT
(help)SH
19580 XM
(Request help from a remote server.)SH
17413 39095 MT
(host)SH
19580 XM
(A command to the remote host in its own command language.)SH
16859 40200 MT
(space)SH
19580 XM
(Display current disk space usage on remote system.)SH
17358 41305 MT
(type)SH
19580 XM
(Display a remote file on your screen.)SH
17358 42410 MT
(who)SH
19580 XM
(Display who's logged in, or get information about a user.)SH
8280 44802 MT
(Most of these)
23 W( commands are described adequately in the Kermit User Guide or the Kermit book.  Special aspects of)22 W
8280 45998 MT
(certain Unix Kermit commands are described below.)SH
13 /Times-Bold AF
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(The 'send' command)SH
10 /Times-Roman AF
8280 51730 MT
(Syntax:)SH
/Courier SF
11836 XM
(send)SH
/Times-Italic SF
14836 XM
(fn)SH
/Courier SF
16814 XM
(-)SH
/Times-Italic SF
18014 XM
(or)SH
/Courier SF
19503 XM
(- send)600 W
/Times-Italic SF
24303 XM
(fn1 rfn1)350 W
/Times-Roman SF
8280 54122 MT
(Send the file or files denoted by)94 W
/Times-Italic SF
21965 XM
(fn)SH
/Times-Roman SF
23088 XM
(to the other Kermit, which should be running as a server, or which should be)95 W
8280 55318 MT
(given the 'receive' command.  Each file is sent under its own)
51 W( name \050as described above, or as specified by the 'set)50 W
8280 56514 MT
(file names' command\051.  If the)
22 W( second form of the 'send' command is used, i.e.  with)23 W
/Times-Italic SF
42521 XM
(fn1)SH
/Times-Roman SF
44072 XM
(denoting a single Unix file,)23 W
/Times-Italic SF
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(rfn1)SH
/Times-Roman SF
10205 XM
(may be specified as a name to send it)
8 W( under.  The 'send' command may be abbreviated to 's', even though 's' is)7 W
8280 58906 MT
(not a unique abbreviation for a top-level C-Kermit command.)SH
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(The wildcard \050meta\051 characters `)31 W
/Courier SF
(*)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(' and `)31 W
/Courier SF
(?)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(' are accepted in)31 W
/Times-Italic SF
32280 XM
(fn)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(. If)
312 W( `)31 W
/Courier SF
(?)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(' is to be included, it must be prefixed by)
31 W( `)32 W
/Courier SF
(\134)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(' to)32 W
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(override its normal function of providing help.  `)116 W
/Courier SF
(*)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(' matches any string,)
116 W( `)115 W
/Courier SF
(?)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(' matches any single character.  Other)115 W
8280 63690 MT
(notations for file groups, like)
131 W( `)132 W
/Courier SF
([a-z]og)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(', are not available in interactive commands \050though of course they are)132 W
8280 64886 MT
(available on the command line\051.  When)53 W
/Times-Italic SF
24648 XM
(fn)SH
/Times-Roman SF
25729 XM
(contains `)53 W
/Courier SF
(*)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(' or `)53 W
/Courier SF
(?)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(' characters, there is a limit to the number of)
53 W( files that)52 W
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(can be matched, which varies from system to system.  If you get the message)
77 W( "Too many files match" then you'll)78 W
8280 67278 MT
(have to make a more judicious selection.  If)SH
/Times-Italic SF
25999 XM
(fn)SH
/Times-Roman SF
27027 XM
(was of the form)SH
/Courier SF
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(usr/longname/anotherlongname/*)SH
/Times-Roman SF
8280 70650 MT
(then C-Kermit's string space will fill up rapidly --)
35 W( try doing a cwd \050see below\051 to the path in question and reissuing)34 W
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(the command.)SH
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(Kermit User Guide: UNIX KERMIT 1.4)SH
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6120 7886 MT
(Note)SH
/Times-Roman SF
8388 XM
(-- C-Kermit sends only from the current or specified directory.  It)
129 W( does not traverse directory trees.  If the)130 W
6120 9082 MT
(source directory contains subdirectories, they will)
223 W( be skipped.  By the same token, C-Kermit does not create)222 W
6120 10278 MT
(directories when receiving files.  If you have a need to do this, you can pipe tar through C-Kermit, as shown)
48 W( in the)49 W
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(example on page 7, or under System III/V Unix you can use cpio.)SH
/Times-Italic SF
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(Another Note)139 W
/Times-Roman SF
12009 XM
(-- The 'send')
139 W( command does not skip over "invisible" files that match the file specification; Unix)138 W
6120 15062 MT
(systems usually treat files whose names)
179 W( start with a dot \050like)180 W
/Courier SF
32565 XM
(.login)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(,)SH
/Courier SF
36845 XM
(.cshrc)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(, and)180 W
/Courier SF
42999 XM
(.kermrc)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(\051 as invisible.)180 W
6120 16258 MT
(Similarly for "temporary" files whose names start with ")SH
/Courier SF
(#)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(".)SH
13 /Times-Bold AF
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(The 'receive' command)SH
10 /Times-Roman AF
6120 21990 MT
(Syntax:)SH
/Courier SF
9676 XM
(receive -)600 W
/Times-Italic SF
16276 XM
(or)SH
/Courier SF
17765 XM
(- receive)600 W
/Times-Italic SF
24365 XM
(fn1)SH
/Times-Roman SF
6120 24382 MT
(Passively wait for files to arrive from the other Kermit, which)
84 W( must be given the 'send' command -- the 'receive')83 W
6120 25578 MT
(command does not work in conjunction with a server \050use 'get' for that\051.  If)21 W
/Times-Italic SF
36929 XM
(fn1)SH
/Times-Roman SF
38478 XM
(is specified, store the first incoming)22 W
6120 26774 MT
(file under that name.  The 'receive' command may be abbreviated to 'r'.)SH
13 /Times-Bold AF
23887 30133 MT
(The 'get' command:)SH
10 /Times-Roman AF
6120 32506 MT
(Syntax:)SH
/Courier SF
10376 XM
(get)SH
/Times-Italic SF
12776 XM
(rfn)SH
10920 34221 MT
(or)SH
/Courier SF
(: get)SH
/Times-Italic SF
15720 35252 MT
(rfn)SH
15720 36283 MT
(fn1)SH
/Times-Roman SF
6120 38000 MT
(Request a remote)
126 W( Kermit server to send the named file or files.  Since a remote file specification \050or list\051 might)125 W
6120 39196 MT
(contain spaces, which normally delimit fields of a C-Kermit command, an alternate form of the command is)224 W
6120 40392 MT
(provided to allow the inbound file to be given a new name:)
99 W( type 'get' alone on a line, and you will be prompted)98 W
6120 41588 MT
(separately for the remote and local file specifications, for example)SH
/Courier SF
8520 43243 MT
(C-Kermit>get)SH
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9120 44274 MT
(Remote file specification: profile exec)SH
7200 50 25320 44474 UL
9120 45305 MT
(Local name to store it under: profile.exec)SH
7200 50 27120 45505 UL
/Times-Roman SF
6120 47022 MT
(As with 'receive', if more than one file arrives as a result of the 'get' command, only the first will be stored under)57 W
6120 48218 MT
(the alternate)
51 W( name given by)50 W
/Times-Italic SF
17674 XM
(fn1)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(; the remaining files will be stored under their own names if possible.  If a `)50 W
/Courier SF
(?)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(' is to)50 W
6120 49414 MT
(be included in the remote file specification, you must prefix it with `)37 W
/Courier SF
(\134)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(' to suppress its normal function of)
37 W( providing)38 W
6120 50610 MT
(help.)SH
6120 53002 MT
(If you have started a multiline 'get' command, you may escape from its)
90 W( lower-level prompts by typing a carriage)89 W
6120 54198 MT
(return in response to the prompt, e.g.)SH
/Courier SF
8520 55853 MT
(C-Kermit>get)SH
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(Remote file specification: foo)SH
1800 50 25320 57084 UL
9120 57915 MT
(Local name to store it under:)SH
/Times-Italic SF
27120 XM
(\050Type a carriage return here\051)SH
/Courier SF
8520 58946 MT
(\050cancelled\051)SH
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(C-Kermit>)SH
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(Page 11)SH
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(The 'server' command:)SH
10 /Times-Roman AF
8280 10444 MT
(The 'server' command places C-Kermit in "server mode" on the currently selected communication line.  All)
36 W( further)37 W
8280 11640 MT
(commands must arrive as valid Kermit packets from the Kermit on the other)
131 W( end of the line.  The Unix Kermit)130 W
8280 12836 MT
(server can respond to the following commands:)SH
8280 14627 MT
(Command)SH
24480 XM
(Server Response)SH
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(get)SH
24980 XM
(Sends files)SH
8780 16837 MT
(send)SH
24980 XM
(Receives files)SH
8780 17942 MT
(bye)SH
24980 XM
(Attempts to log itself out)SH
8780 19047 MT
(finish)SH
24980 XM
(Exits to level from which it was invoked)SH
8780 20152 MT
(remote directory)SH
24980 XM
(Sends directory lising)SH
8780 21257 MT
(remote delete)SH
24980 XM
(Removes files)SH
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(remote cwd)SH
24980 XM
(Changes working directory)SH
8780 23467 MT
(remote type)SH
24980 XM
(Sends files to your screen)SH
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(remote space)SH
24980 XM
(Reports about its disk usage)SH
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(remote who)SH
24980 XM
(Shows who's logged in)SH
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(remote host)SH
24980 XM
(Executes a Unix shell command)SH
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(remote help)SH
24980 XM
(Lists these capabilities)SH
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(The Unix Kermit server cannot always respond properly to a BYE command.  It will)
200 W( attempt to do so using)201 W
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(")SH
/Courier SF
(kill\050\051)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(", but this will not work on all systems or under all conditions because of the)
219 W( complicated process)218 W
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(structures that can be set up under Unix.)SH
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(If the Kermit server is directed at an external line \050i.e. it is in "local)
44 W( mode"\051 then the console may be used for other)45 W
8280 35658 MT
(work if you have 'set file display off';)
30 W( normally the program expects the console to be used to observe file transfers)29 W
8280 36854 MT
(and enter status queries or interruption commands.)
187 W( The)
625 W( way to get C-Kermit into background operation from)188 W
8280 38050 MT
(interactive command level varies from system to system \050e.g. on Berkeley Unix you would halt)
3 W( the program with)2 W
/Courier SF
53880 XM
(^Z)SH
/Times-Roman SF
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(and then use the C-Shell 'bg' command)
52 W( to continue it in the background\051.  The more common method is to invoke)53 W
8280 40442 MT
(the program with the desired command line arguments, including ")SH
/Courier SF
(-q)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(", and with a terminating ")SH
/Courier SF
(&)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(".)SH
8280 42834 MT
(When the Unix Kermit server is given a)
62 W( 'remote host' command, it executes it using the shell invoked upon login,)61 W
8280 44030 MT
(e.g. the Bourne shell or the Berkeley C-Shell.)SH
13 /Times-Bold AF
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(The 'remote', 'bye', and 'finish' commands:)SH
10 /Times-Roman AF
8280 49762 MT
(C-Kermit may itself request services from a remote Kermit)
103 W( server.  In addition to 'send' and 'get', the following)104 W
8280 50958 MT
(commands may also be sent from C-Kermit to a Kermit server:)SH
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(remote cwd [)SH
/Times-Italic SF
(directory)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(])SH
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(If the optional remote directory specification is included,)
109 W( you will be prompted on a separate line for a)110 W
12280 54959 MT
(password, which will not echo as you type it.)
77 W( If)
402 W( the remote system does not require a password for this)76 W
12280 56064 MT
(operation, just type a carriage return.)SH
10280 57855 MT
(remote delete rfn)SH
22280 XM
(delete remote file or files.)SH
10280 58960 MT
(remote directory [)SH
/Times-Italic SF
(rfn)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(])SH
22280 XM
(directory listing of remote files.)SH
10280 60065 MT
(remote host)SH
/Times-Italic SF
15224 XM
(command)SH
/Times-Roman SF
22280 XM
(command in remote host's own command language.)SH
10280 61170 MT
(remote space)SH
22280 XM
(disk usage report from remote host.)SH
10280 62275 MT
(remote type [)SH
/Times-Italic SF
(rfn)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(])SH
22280 XM
(display remote file or files on the screen.)SH
10280 63380 MT
(remote who [)SH
/Times-Italic SF
(user)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(])SH
22280 XM
(display information about who's logged in.)SH
10280 64485 MT
(remote help)SH
22280 XM
(display remote server's capabilities.)SH
10280 66276 MT
(bye)SH
/Times-Italic SF
11974 XM
(and)SH
/Times-Roman SF
13724 XM
(finish:)SH
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(When connected to a remote Kermit server, these commands cause the remote server to terminate; 'finish')17 W
12280 68486 MT
(returns it to)
39 W( Kermit or system command level \050depending on the implementation or how the program was)40 W
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(invoked\051; 'bye' also requests it to log itself out.)SH
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20492 8071 MT
(The 'log' and 'close' commands:)SH
10 /Times-Roman AF
6120 10444 MT
(Syntax:)SH
/Courier SF
9426 XM
(log {debugging, packets, session, transactions})SH
/Times-Roman SF
38226 XM
([)SH
/Times-Italic SF
38809 XM
(fn1)SH
/Times-Roman SF
40337 XM
(])SH
6120 12836 MT
(C-Kermit's progress may be logged in various ways.  The 'log' command opens a log, the 'close' command)
48 W( closes)47 W
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(it. In)
256 W( addition, all open logs are closed by the 'exit' and 'quit' commands.)
3 W( A)
257 W( name may be specified for a log file; if)4 W
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(the name is omitted, the file is created with a default name as shown below.)SH
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(log debugging)SH
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(This produces a voluminous log of the internal workings of C-Kermit, of)
267 W( use to Kermit developers or)268 W
8120 19229 MT
(maintainers in tracking down)
46 W( suspected bugs in the C-Kermit program.  Use of this feature dramatically slows)45 W
8120 20334 MT
(down the Kermit protocol.  Default name:)SH
/Courier SF
25173 XM
(debug.log)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(.)SH
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(log packets)SH
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(This produces a record of all the packets that go in and)
79 W( out of the communication port.  This log is of use to)78 W
8120 24121 MT
(Kermit maintainers who are tracking down protocol problems in either C-Kermit or any)
48 W( Kermit that C-Kermit)49 W
8120 25226 MT
(is connected to.  Default name:)SH
/Courier SF
21062 XM
(packet.log)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(.)SH
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(log session)SH
8120 27908 MT
(This log will contain a copy of everything you see)
83 W( on your screen during the 'connect' command, except for)84 W
8120 29013 MT
(local messages or interaction with local escape commands.  Default name:)SH
/Courier SF
38364 XM
(session.log)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(.)SH
6120 30590 MT
(log transactions)SH
8120 31695 MT
(The transaction log)
16 W( is a record of all the files that were sent or received while transaction logging was in effect.)17 W
8120 32800 MT
(It includes time stamps and statistics, filename transformations, and records)
219 W( of any errors that may have)218 W
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(occurred. The)
298 W( transaction log allows you to)
24 W( have long unattended file transfer sessions without fear of missing)25 W
8120 35010 MT
(some vital screen message.  Default name:)SH
/Courier SF
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(transact.log)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(.)SH
6120 36801 MT
(The 'close' command explicitly closes a log, e.g. 'close debug'.)SH
/Times-Italic SF
6120 39193 MT
(Note:)SH
/Times-Roman SF
9074 XM
(Debug and Transaction logs are a compile-time option; C-Kermit may be compiled without these logs,)
116 W( in)115 W
6120 40389 MT
(which case it will run)
74 W( faster, it will take up less space on the disk, and the commands relating to them will not be)75 W
6120 41585 MT
(present.)SH
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(Local File Management Commands:)SH
10 /Times-Roman AF
6120 47317 MT
(Unix Kermit allows some degree of local file management from interactive command level:)SH
6120 49108 MT
(directory [)SH
/Times-Italic SF
(fn)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(])SH
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(Displays a listing of the names, modes, sizes, and dates of files matching)12 W
/Times-Italic SF
37662 XM
(fn)SH
/Times-Roman SF
38702 XM
(\050which defaults to `)13 W
/Courier SF
(*)SH
/Times-Roman SF
('\051. Equivalent)276 W
8120 51318 MT
(to `)SH
/Courier SF
(ls -l)SH
/Times-Roman SF
('.)SH
6120 52895 MT
(cwd [directory-name])SH
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(Changes Kermit's working directory to the one given, or to the default directory if the directory name is)188 W
8120 55105 MT
(omitted. This)
250 W( command affects only the Kermit process and any processes it may subsequently create.)SH
6120 56682 MT
(space)SH
8120 57787 MT
(Display information about disk space and/or quota in the current directory and device.)SH
/Courier SF
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(!)SH
/Times-Roman SF
7320 XM
([)SH
/Times-Italic SF
(command)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(])SH
8120 60469 MT
(The command)
77 W( is executed by the Unix shell.  If no command is specified, then an interactive shell is started;)76 W
8120 61574 MT
(exiting from the shell, e.g. by typing Control-D or 'exit',)
33 W( will return you to C-Kermit command level.  Use the)34 W
8120 62679 MT
(`)SH
/Courier SF
(!)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(' command)
85 W( to provide file management or other functions not explicitly provided by C-Kermit commands.)84 W
8120 63784 MT
(The `)SH
/Courier SF
(!)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(' command has certain peculiarities:)SH
/Symbol SF
9910 65689 MT
(\267)SH
/Times-Roman SF
10620 XM
(C-Kermit attempts to use your preferred, customary \050login\051 shell.)SH
/Symbol SF
9910 66794 MT
(\267)SH
/Times-Roman SF
10620 XM
(At least one space must separate the '!' from the shell command.)SH
/Symbol SF
9910 67899 MT
(\267)SH
/Times-Roman SF
10620 XM
(A 'cd' \050change directory\051 command executed in this manner will have no)
263 W( effect -- use the)264 W
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(C-Kermit 'cwd' command instead.)SH
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(The 'set' and 'show' Commands:)SH
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8280 10444 MT
(Since Kermit is designed to allow diverse systems)
25 W( to communicate, it is often necessary to issue special instructions)24 W
8280 11640 MT
(to allow the program to adapt to peculiarities of the another)
52 W( system or the communication path.  These instructions)53 W
8280 12836 MT
(are accomplished by the 'set' command.  The 'show' command may be used to)
63 W( display current settings.  Here is a)62 W
8280 14032 MT
(brief synopsis of settings available in the current release of C-Kermit:)SH
8280 15823 MT
(block-check {1, 2, 3})SH
10280 16928 MT
(Determines the level of per-packet)
56 W( error detection.  "1" is a single-character 6-bit checksum, folded to include)55 W
10280 18033 MT
(the values of all bits from each character.  "2" is a 2-character, 12-bit checksum.  "3" is a 3-character, 16-bit)84 W
10280 19138 MT
(cyclic redundancy check \050CRC\051.  The higher the)
50 W( block check, the better the error detection and correction and)49 W
10280 20243 MT
(the higher the resulting overhead.  Type 1 is most commonly used; it is supported by all)
387 W( Kermit)388 W
10280 21348 MT
(implementations, and it has proven adequate in most circumstances.  Types 2)
39 W( or 3 would be used to advantage)38 W
10280 22453 MT
(when transferring 8-bit binary files over noisy lines.)SH
8280 24030 MT
(delay)SH
/Times-Italic SF
10696 XM
(n)SH
/Times-Roman SF
10280 25135 MT
(How many seconds to wait before sending the first packet after a)
81 W( 'send' command.  Used in remote mode to)80 W
10280 26240 MT
(give you time to escape back to your local Kermit and issue a 'receive' command.  Normally 5 seconds.)SH
8280 27817 MT
(duplex {full, half})SH
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(For use during 'connect'.  Specifies)
61 W( which side is doing the echoing; 'full' means the other side, 'half' means)60 W
10280 30027 MT
(C-Kermit must echo typein itself.)SH
8280 31604 MT
(escape-character)SH
/Times-Italic SF
15192 XM
(cc)SH
/Times-Roman SF
10280 32709 MT
(For use during)
171 W( 'connect' to get C-Kermit's attention.  The escape character acts as a prefix to an 'escape)170 W
10280 33814 MT
(command', for instance to close the connection and return)
78 W( to C-Kermit or Unix command level.  The normal)79 W
10280 34919 MT
(escape character is Control-Backslash \05028\051.  The escape character is also)
21 W( used in System III/V implementations)20 W
10280 36024 MT
(to prefix interrupt commands during file transfers.)SH
8280 37601 MT
(file {display, names, type, warning})SH
10280 38706 MT
(Establish various file-related parameters:)SH
10280 40497 MT
(display {on, off})SH
12280 41602 MT
(Normally 'on'; when)
58 W( in local mode, display progress of file transfers on the screen \050stdout\051, and listen to)59 W
12280 42707 MT
(the keyboard \050stdin\051 for interruptions.  If off \050-q on command line\051 none of this is)
164 W( done, and the file)163 W
12280 43812 MT
(transfer may proceed in the)
155 W( background oblivious to any other work concurrently done at the console)156 W
12280 44917 MT
(terminal.)SH
10280 46494 MT
(names {converted, literal})SH
12280 47599 MT
(Normally converted, which means that outbound filenames have)
116 W( path specifications stripped, lowercase)117 W
12280 48704 MT
(letters raised to upper, tildes)
19 W( and extra periods changed to X's, and an X inserted in front of any name that)18 W
12280 49809 MT
(starts with period.)
199 W( Incoming)
649 W( files have uppercase letters lowered.  Literal means that none of these)200 W
12280 50914 MT
(conversions are done; therefore, any directory path)
116 W( appearing in a received file specification must exist)115 W
12280 52019 MT
(and be write-accessible.  When literal naming is being used, the sender should)
63 W( not use path names in the)64 W
12280 53124 MT
(file specification unless the same path exists on the target system and is writable.)SH
10280 54701 MT
(type {binary, text} [{7, 8}])SH
12280 55806 MT
(The file type is)
41 W( normally text, which means that conversion is done between Unix newline characters and)42 W
12280 56911 MT
(the carriage-return/linefeed sequences required by the canonical)
112 W( Kermit file transmission format, and in)111 W
12280 58016 MT
(common use on non-Unix systems.  Binary means to)
103 W( transmit file contents without conversion.  Binary)104 W
12280 59121 MT
(\050`)SH
/Courier SF
(-i)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(' in command line notation\051 is necessary for binary files, and desirable in all)
339 W( Unix-to-Unix)338 W
12280 60226 MT
(transactions to cut down on overhead.)SH
12280 61803 MT
(The optional trailing parameter tells the bytesize for file transfer.  It is 8 by default.  If you specify 7,)
49 W( the)50 W
12280 62908 MT
(high order bit will be stripped from each byte of)
9 W( sent and received files.  This is useful for transferring text)8 W
12280 64013 MT
(files that may have extraneous high order bits set in their disk representation \050e.g.)
111 W( Wordstar)
473 W( or similar)112 W
12280 65118 MT
(word processor files\051.)SH
10280 66695 MT
(warning {on, off})SH
12280 67800 MT
(Normally off,)
136 W( which means that incoming files will silently overwrite existing files of the same name.)137 W
12280 68905 MT
(When on \050`)28 W
/Courier SF
(-w)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(' on command line\051 Kermit will check if an)
28 W( arriving file would overwrite an existing file; if)27 W
12280 70010 MT
(so, it will construct a new name for the arriving file, of the)
19 W( form)20 W
/Courier SF
38377 XM
(foo~)SH
/Times-Italic SF
(n)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(, where foo is the name they share)20 W
12280 71115 MT
(and)SH
/Times-Italic SF
14009 XM
(n)SH
/Times-Roman SF
14794 XM
(is a)
35 W( "generation number"; if)34 W
/Times-Italic SF
26307 XM
(foo)SH
/Times-Roman SF
27869 XM
(exists, then the new file will be called)34 W
/Courier SF
43500 XM
(foo~1)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(. If)318 W
/Courier SF
48268 XM
(foo)SH
/Times-Roman SF
50352 XM
(and)SH
/Courier SF
52080 XM
(foo~1)SH
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(exist, the new file will be)30 W
/Courier SF
20660 XM
(foo~2)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(, and so on.  If the new)
30 W( name would be longer than the maximum length)31 W
10120 8991 MT
(for a filename, then characters would be)
21 W( deleted from the end first, for instance,)20 W
/Courier SF
42536 XM
(thelongestname)SH
/Times-Roman SF
51206 XM
(on a)20 W
10120 10096 MT
(system with a limit of 14 characters would become)SH
/Courier SF
30756 XM
(thelongestn~1)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(.)SH
/Times-Italic SF
12120 11887 MT
(CAUTION:)SH
/Times-Roman SF
17311 XM
(If Control-F or Control-B is used to cancel an incoming file, and a file of the)
40 W( same)41 W
12120 12992 MT
(name previously existed,)13 W
/Times-Italic SF
22380 XM
(and)SH
/Times-Roman SF
24143 XM
(the "file)
13 W( warning" feature is not enabled, then the previous copy of)12 W
12120 14097 MT
(the file will disappear.)SH
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(flow-control {none, xon/xoff})SH
8120 16993 MT
(Normally xon/xoff for full duplex flow control.  Should be set to 'none' if the)
28 W( other system cannot do xon/xoff)27 W
8120 18098 MT
(flow control, or if you have issued a 'set handshake' command.  If set to xon/xoff, then handshake should)
SH( be set)1 W
8120 19203 MT
(to none.  This setting applies during both terminal connection and file transfer.)49 W
/Times-Italic SF
40747 XM
(Warning:)SH
/Times-Roman SF
44879 XM
(This command)
49 W( may)48 W
8120 20308 MT
(have no)
214 W( effect on certain Unix systems, where Kermit puts the communication line into 'rawmode', and)215 W
8120 21413 MT
(rawmode precludes flow control.)SH
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(incomplete {discard, keep})SH
8120 24095 MT
(Disposition for incompletely received files.  If an incoming file is interrupted or an error occurs during transfer,)10 W
8120 25200 MT
(the part)
62 W( that was received so far is normally discarded.  If you "set incomplete keep" then such file fragments)61 W
8120 26305 MT
(will be kept.)SH
6120 27882 MT
(handshake {xon, xoff, cr, lf, bell, esc, none})SH
8120 28987 MT
(Normally none.)
149 W( Otherwise,)
547 W( half-duplex communication line turnaround handshaking is done, which means)148 W
8120 30092 MT
(Unix Kermit will)
46 W( not reply to a packet until it has received the indicated handshake character or has timed out)47 W
8120 31197 MT
(waiting for it; the handshake setting applies only during file transfer.  If you set handshake to other)
44 W( than none,)43 W
8120 32302 MT
(then flow should be set to none.)SH
6120 33879 MT
(line [device-name])SH
8120 34984 MT
(The device name for the communication line to be)
275 W( used for file transfer and terminal connection, e.g.)274 W
/Courier SF
8120 36089 MT
(/dev/ttyi3)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(. If)
282 W( you specify a device name, Kermit will be in local mode, and you should remember)
16 W( to issue)17 W
8120 37194 MT
(any other necessary 'set' commands, such as 'set speed'.  If you omit)
20 W( the device name, Kermit will revert to its)19 W
8120 38299 MT
(default mode of operation.  If you specify)44 W
/Courier SF
25385 XM
(/dev/tty)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(, Kermit will enter remote mode \050useful when logged in)45 W
8120 39404 MT
(through the "back port" of a system normally used as a local-mode workstation\051.)
101 W( When)
451 W( Unix Kermit enters)100 W
8120 40509 MT
(local mode, it attempts to synchronize with other programs \050like)
3 W( uucp\051 that use external communication lines so)4 W
8120 41614 MT
(as to prevent two programs using the same line at once; before attempting to lock the specified line, it will close)SH
8120 42719 MT
(and unlock any external line that was previously in use.  The method used for locking is the)
66 W( "uucp lock file",)67 W
8120 43824 MT
(explained in more detail later.)SH
6120 45401 MT
(modem-dialer {direct, hayes, racalvadic, ventel, ...})SH
8120 46506 MT
(The type of modem dialer on the communication line.  "Direct" indicates either there is no dialout modem,)
58 W( or)59 W
8120 47611 MT
(that if the line requires carrier detection to open, then 'set line' will)
218 W( hang waiting for an incoming call.)217 W
8120 48716 MT
("Hayes", "Ventel", and the others indicate)
3 W( that 'set line' \050or the -l argument\051 will prepare for a subsequent 'dial')4 W
8120 49821 MT
(command for)
25 W( the given dialer.  Support for new dialers is added from time to time, so type 'set modem ?' for a)24 W
8120 50926 MT
(list of those supported in your copy of Kermit.  See the description of the 'dial' command)SH
6120 52503 MT
(parity {even, odd, mark, space, none})SH
8120 53608 MT
(Specify character parity for use in packets and terminal connection, normally none.  If other than)
226 W( none,)225 W
8120 54713 MT
(C-Kermit will seek to use the 8th-bit prefixing mechanism for transferring 8-bit)
21 W( binary data, which can be used)22 W
8120 55818 MT
(successfully only if the other Kermit agrees; if not, 8-bit binary data cannot be successfully transferred.)SH
6120 57395 MT
(prompt [string])SH
8120 58500 MT
(The given string will be substituted for ")65 W
/Courier SF
(C-Kermit)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(>" as this program's prompt.)
65 W( If)
382 W( the string is omitted, the)66 W
8120 59605 MT
(prompt will revert to ")33 W
/Courier SF
(C-Kermit>)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(". If)
316 W( the string is enclosed in)
33 W( doublequotes, the quotes will be stripped and)32 W
8120 60710 MT
(any leading and trailing blanks will be retained.)SH
6120 62287 MT
(send)SH
/Times-Italic SF
8203 XM
(parameter)SH
/Times-Roman SF
8120 63392 MT
(Establish parameters to use when sending packets.  These will be in)
21 W( effect only for the initial packet sent, since)20 W
8120 64497 MT
(the other Kermit may override these parameters during the protocol parameter exchange \050unless noted below\051.)SH
8120 66288 MT
(end-of-packet)SH
/Times-Italic SF
13923 XM
(cc)SH
/Times-Roman SF
10120 67393 MT
(Specifies the)
114 W( control character needed by the other Kermit to recognize the end of a packet.  C-Kermit)113 W
10120 68498 MT
(sends this character at the end of each)
248 W( packet.  Normally 13 \050carriage return\051, which most Kermit)249 W
10120 69603 MT
(implementations require.  Other Kermits require no)
97 W( terminator at all, still others may require a different)96 W
10120 70708 MT
(terminator, like linefeed \05010\051.)SH
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10280 7886 MT
(packet-length)SH
/Times-Italic SF
15973 XM
(n)SH
/Times-Roman SF
12280 8991 MT
(Specify the maximum packet length to)
30 W( send.  Normally 90.  Shorter packet lengths can be useful on noisy)29 W
12280 10096 MT
(lines, or with systems or front ends or networks that have small buffers.)
10 W( The)
271 W( shorter the packet, the higher)11 W
12280 11201 MT
(the overhead, but)
4 W( the lower the chance of a packet being corrupted by noise, and the less time to retransmit)3 W
12280 12306 MT
(corrupted packets.  This command)
178 W( overrides the value requested by the other Kermit during protocol)179 W
12280 13411 MT
(initiation unless the other Kermit requests a shorter length.)SH
10280 14988 MT
(pad-character)SH
/Times-Italic SF
15971 XM
(cc)SH
/Times-Roman SF
12280 16093 MT
(Designate a character to send before each packet.)
274 W( Normally,)
799 W( none is sent.  Outbound padding is)275 W
12280 17198 MT
(sometimes necessary for communicating with slow half duplex systems that provide no other means of)117 W
12280 18303 MT
(line turnaround control.  It can also)
55 W( be used to send special characters to communications equipment that)56 W
12280 19408 MT
(needs to be put in "transparent" or "no echo" mode, when this can be accomplished in by feeding it a)132 W
12280 20513 MT
(certain control character.)SH
10280 22090 MT
(padding)SH
/Times-Italic SF
13752 XM
(n)SH
/Times-Roman SF
12280 23195 MT
(How many pad characters to send, normally 0.)SH
10280 24772 MT
(start-of-packet)SH
/Times-Italic SF
16361 XM
(cc)SH
/Times-Roman SF
12280 25877 MT
(The normal)
125 W( Kermit packet prefix is Control-A \0501\051; this command changes the prefix C-Kermit puts on)126 W
12280 26982 MT
(outbound packets.  The only reasons this should)
136 W( ever be changed would be: Some piece of equipment)135 W
12280 28087 MT
(somewhere between the two Kermit programs will not pass through a Control-A; or, some piece of of)132 W
12280 29192 MT
(equipment similarly)
4 W( placed is echoing its input.  In the latter case, the recipient of such an echo can change)3 W
12280 30297 MT
(the packet prefix for outbound)
122 W( packets to be different from that of arriving packets, so that the echoed)123 W
12280 31402 MT
(packets will be ignored.  The opposite Kermit must also be told to)
170 W( change the prefix for its inbound)169 W
12280 32507 MT
(packets.)SH
10280 34084 MT
(timeout)SH
/Times-Italic SF
13586 XM
(n)SH
/Times-Roman SF
12280 35189 MT
(Specifies the number of)
74 W( seconds you want the other Kermit to wait for a packet before timing it out and)73 W
12280 36294 MT
(requesting retransmission.)SH
8280 38085 MT
(receive)SH
/Times-Italic SF
11417 XM
(parameter)SH
/Times-Roman SF
10280 39190 MT
(Establish parameters to request the other Kermit to use when sending packets.)SH
10280 40981 MT
(end-of-packet)SH
/Times-Italic SF
16083 XM
(cc)SH
/Times-Roman SF
12280 42086 MT
(Requests the other Kermit to terminate its packets with the specified character.)SH
10280 43663 MT
(packet-length)SH
/Times-Italic SF
15973 XM
(n)SH
/Times-Roman SF
12280 44768 MT
(Specify the maximum packet length to)
175 W( that you want the other Kermit to send, normally 90.  If you)174 W
12280 45873 MT
(specify a length of 95 or greater, then it will be used if the other Kermit supports, and)
70 W( agrees to use, the)71 W
12280 46978 MT
(Kermit protocol extension for)
58 W( long packets.  In this case, the maximum length depends upon the systems)57 W
12280 48083 MT
(involved, but)
125 W( there would normally be no reason for packets to be more than about 1000 characters in)126 W
12280 49188 MT
(length. The)
250 W( 'show parameters' command displays C-Kermit's current and maximum packet lengths.)SH
10280 50765 MT
(pad-character)SH
/Times-Italic SF
15971 XM
(cc)SH
/Times-Roman SF
12280 51870 MT
(C-Kermit normally does not need to have incoming)
20 W( packets preceded with pad characters.  This command)21 W
12280 52975 MT
(allows C-Kermit to request the other Kermit to use)SH
/Times-Italic SF
32861 XM
(cc)SH
/Times-Roman SF
33999 XM
(as a pad character.  Default)SH
/Times-Italic SF
45133 XM
(cc)SH
/Times-Roman SF
46271 XM
(is NUL, ASCII 0.)SH
10280 54552 MT
(padding)SH
/Times-Italic SF
13752 XM
(n)SH
/Times-Roman SF
12280 55657 MT
(How many pad characters to ask for, normally 0.)SH
10280 57234 MT
(start-of-packet)SH
/Times-Italic SF
16361 XM
(cc)SH
/Times-Roman SF
12280 58339 MT
(Change the prefix C-Kermit looks)
124 W( for on inbound packets to correspond with what the other Kermit is)123 W
12280 59444 MT
(sending.)SH
10280 61021 MT
(timeout)SH
/Times-Italic SF
13586 XM
(n)SH
/Times-Roman SF
12280 62126 MT
(Normally, each Kermit partner sets its packet timeout)
8 W( interval based on what the opposite Kermit requests.)7 W
12280 63231 MT
(This command allows you to override the normal procedure and specify a timeout interval for)
200 W( Unix)201 W
12280 64336 MT
(Kermit to use when waiting for packets)
103 W( from the other Kermit.  If you specify 0, then no timeouts will)102 W
12280 65441 MT
(occur, and Unix Kermit will wait forever for expected packets to arrive.)SH
8280 67232 MT
(speed {0, 110, 150, 300, 600, 1200, 1800, 2400, 4800, 9600})SH
10280 68337 MT
(The baud rate for the external communication line.  This command cannot be used to change the speed of)
28 W( your)27 W
10280 69442 MT
(own console terminal.  Many Unix systems are set up in such a way that you must give this)
62 W( command after a)63 W
10280 70547 MT
('set line' command before you can use the line.  'set baud' is a synomym for 'set speed'.)SH
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(terminal)SH
8120 8991 MT
(Used for)
14 W( specifying terminal parameters.  Currently, 'bytesize' is the only parameter provided, and it can be set)15 W
8120 10096 MT
(to 7 or 8.  It's 7 by default.)SH
13 /Times-Bold AF
23127 13455 MT
(The 'show' Command:)SH
10 /Times-Roman AF
6120 15828 MT
(Syntax:)SH
/Courier SF
9426 XM
(show {parameters, versions})SH
/Times-Roman SF
6120 18220 MT
(The "show" command with the default argument of "parameters" displays the values of all the)
157 W( 'set' parameters)156 W
6120 19416 MT
(described above.  If you type "show versions", then C-Kermit will display the version numbers and dates)
68 W( of all its)69 W
6120 20612 MT
(internal modules.  You should use the "show versions" command to ascertain the vintage of)
78 W( your Kermit program)77 W
6120 21808 MT
(before reporting problems to Kermit maintainers.)SH
13 /Times-Bold AF
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(The 'statistics' Command:)SH
10 /Times-Roman AF
6120 27540 MT
(The statistics command displays information about the most recent Kermit protocol transaction,)
83 W( including file and)84 W
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(communication line i/o, timing and efficiency, as well as what encoding options)
154 W( were in effect \050such as 8th-bit)153 W
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(prefixing, repeat-count compression\051.)SH
13 /Times-Bold AF
20022 33291 MT
(The 'take' and 'echo' Commands:)SH
10 /Times-Roman AF
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(Syntax:)SH
/Courier SF
9426 XM
(take)SH
/Times-Italic SF
12426 XM
(fn1)SH
/Courier SF
7370 36860 MT
(echo)SH
/Times-Italic SF
10370 XM
([text to be echoed])SH
/Times-Roman SF
6120 39252 MT
(The 'take' command instructs C-Kermit to)
171 W( execute commands from the named file.  The file may contain any)172 W
6120 40448 MT
(interactive C-Kermit commands, including 'take'; command files may be nested to)
23 W( any reasonable depth, but it may)22 W
6120 41644 MT
(not contain text to be sent to a remote system during the 'connect' command.  This means that a command file like)41 W
6120 42840 MT
(this:)SH
/Courier SF
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(set line /dev/tty17)SH
8520 45526 MT
(set speed 9600)SH
8520 46557 MT
(connect)SH
8520 47588 MT
(login myuserid)SH
8520 48619 MT
(mypassword)SH
/Times-Italic SF
8520 49650 MT
(etc)SH
/Times-Roman SF
6120 51367 MT
(will not send "login myserid" or any of the following text to the remote system.  To carry)
1 W( on a canned dialog, use the)SH
6120 52563 MT
('script' command, described later.)SH
6120 54955 MT
(The ')25 W
/Courier SF
(%)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(' command is useful for including comments in take-command)
25 W( files.  It may only be used at the beginning of)26 W
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(a line.)SH
6120 58543 MT
(The 'echo' command may be used within command files to issue greetings, announce progress, ring the terminal)106 W
6120 59739 MT
(bell, etc.  The 'echo')
41 W( command should not be confused with the Unix 'echo' command, which can be used to show)42 W
6120 60935 MT
(how meta characters would)
112 W( be expanded.  The Kermit echo command simply displays its text argument \050almost\051)111 W
6120 62131 MT
(literally at the terminal; the argument may contain octal escapes of)
121 W( the form ``)122 W
/Courier SF
(\134ooo)SH
/Times-Roman SF
('', where)122 W
/Courier SF
45443 XM
(o)SH
/Times-Roman SF
46415 XM
(is an octal digit)122 W
6120 63327 MT
(\0500-7\051, and there may be 1, 2,)
14 W( or 3 such digits, whose value specify an ASCII character, such as ``)13 W
/Courier SF
(\134007)SH
/Times-Roman SF
('' \050or ``)13 W
/Courier SF
(\13407)SH
/Times-Roman SF
('')SH
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(or just ``)116 W
/Courier SF
(\1347)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(''\051 for beep, ``)116 W
/Courier SF
(\134012)SH
/Times-Roman SF
('' for newline, etc.  Of course, each backslash must be must be)
116 W( entered twice in)117 W
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(order for it to be passed along to the echo command by the Kermit command parser.)SH
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(Take-command files are in exactly)
14 W( the same syntax as interactive commands.  Note that this implies that if you want)13 W
6120 69307 MT
(to include special characters like question mark or backslash that you would have)
124 W( to quote with backslash when)125 W
6120 70503 MT
(typing interactive commands, you must quote these characters the same way in command files.  Long lines)
48 W( may be)47 W
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(continued by ending them with a single backslash.)SH
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(Page 17)SH
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(Command files may be used in lieu of)
166 W( command macros, which have not been implemented in this version of)167 W
8280 9082 MT
(C-Kermit. For)
412 W( instance, if you commonly connect to a system)
81 W( called 'B' that is connected to ttyh7 at 4800 baud,)80 W
8280 10278 MT
(you could create a file called)SH
/Courier SF
20054 XM
(b)SH
/Times-Roman SF
20904 XM
(containing the commands)SH
/Courier SF
10680 11933 MT
(% C-Kermit command file to connect to System B thru /dev/ttyh7)SH
10680 12964 MT
(set line /dev/ttyh7)SH
10680 13995 MT
(set speed 4800)SH
10680 15026 MT
(% Beep and give message)SH
10680 16057 MT
(echo \134\134007Connecting to System B...)SH
10680 17088 MT
(connect)SH
/Times-Roman SF
8280 18805 MT
(and then simply type 'take b' \050or 't b' since no other)
116 W( commands begin with the letter 't'\051 whenever you wish to)117 W
8280 20001 MT
(connect to system B. Note the comment lines and the beep inserted into the 'echo' command.)SH
8280 22393 MT
(For connecting to IBM mainframes, a number of 'set' commands are required; these, too,)
174 W( can be conveniently)173 W
8280 23589 MT
(collected into a 'take' file like this one:)SH
/Courier SF
10680 25244 MT
(% Sample C-Kermit command file to set up current line)SH
10680 26275 MT
(% for IBM mainframe communication)SH
10680 27306 MT
(%)SH
10680 28337 MT
(set parity mark)SH
10680 29368 MT
(set handshake xon)SH
10680 30399 MT
(set flow-control none)SH
10680 31430 MT
(set duplex half)SH
/Times-Roman SF
8280 33822 MT
(Note that no single command is)
45 W( available to wipe out all of these settings and return C-Kermit to its default startup)46 W
8280 35018 MT
(state; to do that, you can either restart the program, or else make a)
77 W( command file that executes the necessary 'set')76 W
8280 36214 MT
(commands:)SH
/Courier SF
10680 37869 MT
(% Sample C-Kermit command file to restore normal settings)SH
10680 38900 MT
(%)SH
10680 39931 MT
(set parity none)SH
10680 40962 MT
(set handshake none)SH
10680 41993 MT
(set flow-control xon/xoff)SH
10680 43024 MT
(set duplex full)SH
/Times-Roman SF
8280 45416 MT
(An implicit 'take' command is executed upon your)46 W
/Courier SF
29313 XM
(.kermrc)SH
/Times-Roman SF
33810 XM
(file when C-Kermit starts up, upon either interactive)47 W
8280 46612 MT
(or command-line invocation.  The)18 W
/Courier SF
22257 XM
(.kermrc)SH
/Times-Roman SF
26725 XM
(file should contain 'set' or other commands you want to be in effect at)17 W
8280 47808 MT
(all times.  For instance, you might want override the default action when)
102 W( incoming files have the same names as)103 W
8280 49004 MT
(existing files -- in that case, put the command)SH
/Courier SF
10680 50659 MT
(set file warning on)SH
/Times-Roman SF
8280 52376 MT
(in your)53 W
/Courier SF
11496 XM
(.kermrc)SH
/Times-Roman SF
15998 XM
(file. On)
354 W( some non-Unix systems that run C-Kermit, the initialization file might have a different)52 W
8280 53572 MT
(name, such as)SH
/Courier SF
14112 XM
(kermit.ini)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(.)SH
8280 55964 MT
(Errors encountered during execution of take files \050such as failure to)
210 W( complete dial or script operations\051 cause)211 W
8280 57160 MT
(termination of the current take file, popping to the level that invoked it \050take file, interactive level, or the)
120 W( shell\051.)119 W
8280 58356 MT
(When kermit is executed in the background, errors during execution of a take file are fatal.)SH
8280 60748 MT
(Under Unix, you may also use the shell's redirection mechanism to cause C-Kermit to execute commands from a)90 W
8280 61944 MT
(file:)SH
/Courier SF
10680 63599 MT
(kermit < cmdfile)SH
/Times-Roman SF
8280 65316 MT
(or you can even pipe commands in from another process:)SH
/Courier SF
10680 66971 MT
(cmdprocess | kermit)SH
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22406 8071 MT
(The 'connect' Command:)SH
10 /Times-Roman AF
6120 10444 MT
(The 'connect' command \050'c' is)
53 W( an acceptable non-unique abbreviation for 'connect'\051 links your terminal to another)52 W
6120 11640 MT
(computer as if it were)
91 W( a local terminal to that computer, through the device specified in the most recent 'set line')92 W
6120 12836 MT
(command, or through the default)
130 W( device if your system is a PC or workstation.  All characters you type at your)129 W
6120 14032 MT
(keyboard are sent out the communication)
17 W( line \050and if you have 'set duplex half', also displayed on your screen\051, and)18 W
6120 15228 MT
(all characters arriving at the communication port)
143 W( are displayed on the screen.  Current settings of speed, parity,)142 W
6120 16424 MT
(duplex, and flow-control are honored, and the data connection is 7 bits wide unless you have given the)
88 W( command)89 W
6120 17620 MT
('set terminal bytesize 8'.  If you have issued a 'log)
52 W( session' command, everything you see on your screen will also)51 W
6120 18816 MT
(be recorded)
25 W( to your session log.  This provides a way to "capture" files from remote systems that don't have Kermit)26 W
6120 20012 MT
(programs available.)SH
6120 22404 MT
(To get back to your own system, you must type the escape character, which is Control-Backslash)
74 W( \050)73 W
/Courier SF
(^\134)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(\051 unless you)73 W
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(have changed it with the 'set)
126 W( escape' command, followed by a single-character command, such as 'c' for "close)127 W
6120 24796 MT
(connection". Single-character)
250 W( commands include:)SH
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(c)SH
10120 XM
(Close the connection)SH
7120 28134 MT
(b)SH
10120 XM
(Send a BREAK signal)SH
7120 29681 MT
(0)SH
10120 XM
(\050zero\051 send a null)SH
7120 31228 MT
(s)SH
10120 XM
(Give a status report about the connection)SH
7120 32775 MT
(h)SH
10120 XM
(Hangup the phone)SH
/Courier SF
7120 34322 MT
(^\134)SH
/Times-Roman SF
10120 XM
(Send Control-Backslash itself \050whatever you have defined the escape character to be,)
18 W( typed twice in a row)17 W
10120 35427 MT
(sends one copy of it\051.)SH
6120 37218 MT
(Uppercase and control equivalents for \050most of\051 these)
148 W( letters are also accepted.  A space typed after the escape)149 W
6120 38414 MT
(character is ignored.  Any other character will produce a beep.)SH
6120 40806 MT
(The connect command simply displays)
237 W( incoming characters on the screen.  It is assumed any screen control)236 W
6120 42002 MT
(sequences sent by the host will be handled by the)
22 W( firmware or emulation software in your terminal or PC.  If special)23 W
6120 43198 MT
(terminal emulation is)
82 W( desired, then the 'connect' command can invoked from the Unix command line \050)81 W
/Courier SF
(-c)SH
/Times-Roman SF
49973 XM
(or)SH
/Courier SF
51137 XM
(-n)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(\051,)SH
6120 44394 MT
(piped through a terminal emulation filter, e.g.)SH
/Courier SF
8520 46049 MT
(kermit -l /dev/acu -b 1200 -c | tek)SH
13 /Times-Bold AF
23670 49408 MT
(The 'dial' command:)SH
10 /Times-Roman AF
6120 51781 MT
(Syntax:)SH
/Courier SF
9426 XM
(dial)SH
/Times-Italic SF
12426 XM
(telephone-number-string)SH
/Times-Roman SF
6120 54173 MT
(This command controls dialout modems; you should)
83 W( have already issued a "set line" and "set speed" command to)84 W
6120 55369 MT
(identify the terminal device, and a "set modem" command to)
49 W( identify the type of modem to be used for dialing.  In)48 W
6120 56565 MT
(the "dial" command, you supply the phone number and the Kermit program feeds it to the modem in the appropriate)17 W
6120 57761 MT
(format and then interprets dialer return codes and modem signals to inform you whether the call)
113 W( was completed.)112 W
6120 58957 MT
(The telephone-number-string may contain imbedded modem-dialer commands,)
51 W( such as comma for Hayes pause, or)52 W
6120 60153 MT
(`)SH
/Courier SF
(&)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(' for Ventel dialtone wait and `)SH
/Courier SF
(%)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(' for Ventel pause \050consult your modem manual for details\051.)SH
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(At the time of this writing, support is included for the following modems:)SH
/Symbol SF
7910 64450 MT
(\267)SH
/Times-Roman SF
8620 XM
(AT&T 7300 Internal Modem)SH
/Symbol SF
7910 65555 MT
(\267)SH
/Times-Roman SF
8620 XM
(Cermetek Info-Mate 212A)SH
/Symbol SF
7910 66660 MT
(\267)SH
/Times-Roman SF
8620 XM
(Concord Condor CDS 220)SH
/Symbol SF
7910 67765 MT
(\267)SH
/Times-Roman SF
8620 XM
(DEC DF03-AC)SH
/Symbol SF
7910 68870 MT
(\267)SH
/Times-Roman SF
8620 XM
(DEC DF100 Series)SH
/Symbol SF
7910 69975 MT
(\267)SH
/Times-Roman SF
8620 XM
(DEC DF200 Series)SH
/Symbol SF
7910 71080 MT
(\267)SH
/Times-Roman SF
8620 XM
(General DataComm 212A/ED)SH
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(\267)SH
/Times-Roman SF
10780 XM
(Hayes Smartmodem 1200 and compatibles)SH
/Symbol SF
10070 9105 MT
(\267)SH
/Times-Roman SF
10780 XM
(Penril)SH
/Symbol SF
10070 10210 MT
(\267)SH
/Times-Roman SF
10780 XM
(Racal Vadic)SH
/Symbol SF
10070 11315 MT
(\267)SH
/Times-Roman SF
10780 XM
(US Robotics 212A)SH
/Symbol SF
10070 12420 MT
(\267)SH
/Times-Roman SF
10780 XM
(Ventel)SH
8280 14211 MT
(Support for new modems is added to the program from time to time; you can check the current list by typing)
43 W( ")42 W
/Courier SF
(set)SH
8280 15407 MT
(modem ?)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(".)SH
8280 17799 MT
(The device used for dialing out)
57 W( is the one selected in the most recent "set line" command \050or on a workstation, the)58 W
8280 18995 MT
(default line if no "set line" command was given\051.  The "dial" command calls)
51 W( locks the path \050see the section on line)50 W
8280 20191 MT
(locking below\051 and establishes a call on an)
41 W( exclusive basis.  If it is desired to dial a call and then return to the shell)42 W
8280 21387 MT
(\050such as to do kermit activities depending on standard in/out redirection\051, it is necessary to)
133 W( place the dialed call)132 W
8280 22583 MT
(under one device name \050say, ")22 W
/Courier SF
(/dev/cua0)SH
/Times-Roman SF
("\051 and then escape to the shell)22 W
/Times-Italic SF
38226 XM
(within Kermit)22 W
/Times-Roman SF
44050 XM
(on a linked device which is)23 W
8280 23779 MT
(separate from the dialed line \050say, ")58 W
/Courier SF
(/dev/cul0)SH
/Times-Roman SF
("\051. This)
364 W( is the same technique used by uucp \050to allow locks to be)57 W
8280 24975 MT
(placed separately for dialing and conversing\051.)SH
8280 27367 MT
(Because modem)
136 W( dialers have strict requirements to override the carrier-detect signal most Unix implementations)137 W
8280 28563 MT
(expect, the sequence for dialing is more rigid than most other C-Kermit procedures.)SH
8280 30955 MT
(Example one:)SH
/Courier SF
10680 32610 MT
(kermit -l /dev/cul0 -b 1200)SH
16200 50 10680 32810 UL
10680 33641 MT
(C-Kermit>set modem-dialer hayes)SH
/Times-Italic SF
31680 XM
(hint: abbreviate)SH
/Courier SF
38696 XM
(set m h)SH
13200 50 16080 33841 UL
10680 34672 MT
(C-Kermit>dial 9,5551212)SH
8400 50 16080 34872 UL
10680 35703 MT
(Connected!)SH
10680 36734 MT
(C-Kermit>connect)SH
/Times-Italic SF
31680 XM
(hint: abbreviate)SH
/Courier SF
38696 XM
(c)SH
4200 50 16080 36934 UL
/Times-Italic SF
10680 37765 MT
(logon, request remote server, etc.)SH
/Courier SF
10680 38796 MT
(^\134c)SH
/Times-Italic SF
31680 XM
(escape back)SH
1800 50 10680 38996 UL
/Courier SF
10680 39827 MT
(C-Kermit> ...)SH
10680 40858 MT
(C-Kermit>quit)SH
/Times-Italic SF
31680 XM
(hint: abbreviate)SH
/Courier SF
38696 XM
(q)SH
2400 50 16080 41058 UL
/Times-Roman SF
8280 42575 MT
(this disconnects modem, and unlocks line.)SH
8280 44967 MT
(Example two:)SH
/Courier SF
10680 46622 MT
(kermit)SH
3600 50 10680 46822 UL
10680 47653 MT
(C-Kermit>set modem-dialer ventel)SH
13800 50 16080 47853 UL
10680 48684 MT
(C-Kermit>set line /dev/cul0)SH
10800 50 16080 48884 UL
10680 49715 MT
(C-Kermit>dial 9&5551212%)SH
9000 50 16080 49915 UL
10680 50746 MT
(Connected!)SH
10680 51777 MT
(C-Kermit> ...)SH
/Times-Roman SF
8280 53494 MT
(Example three:)SH
/Courier SF
10680 55149 MT
(kermit)SH
10680 56180 MT
(C-Kermit>take my-dial-procedure)SH
13200 50 16080 56380 UL
10680 57211 MT
(Connected!)SH
/Times-Italic SF
10680 58926 MT
(file my-dial-procedure)SH
/Courier SF
(:)SH
10680 59957 MT
(set modem hayes)SH
10680 60988 MT
(set line /dev/tty99)SH
10680 62019 MT
(dial 5551212)SH
10680 63050 MT
(connect)SH
/Times-Roman SF
8280 64767 MT
(In general, C-Kermit requires that the modem provide the "carrier detect" \050CD\051 signal when a call is in progress, and)7 W
8280 65963 MT
(remove that signal when the call completes or the)
36 W( line drops.  If a modem switch setting is available to force CD, it)37 W
8280 67159 MT
(should normally not be in that setting.)
235 W( C-Kermit)
719 W( also requires \050on most systems\051 that the modem track the)234 W
8280 68355 MT
(computer's "data)
34 W( terminal ready" \050DTR\051 signal.  If a switch setting is available to simulate DTR asserted within the)35 W
8280 69551 MT
(modem, then it should normally not be in that setting.  Otherwise the modem will be unable to hang)
17 W( up at the end of)16 W
8280 70747 MT
(a call or when interrupts are received by Kermit.)SH
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(For Hayes)
76 W( dialers,)
403 W( two important switch settings are #1 and #6.  Switch #1 should be normally be UP so that the)77 W
6120 9082 MT
(modem can act according to your computer's DTR signal.  But if your computer, or)
95 W( particular implementation of)94 W
6120 10278 MT
(Kermit, cannot control DTR,)
64 W( then switch 1 should be DOWN.  Switch #6 should normally be UP so carrier-detect)65 W
6120 11474 MT
(functions properly \050but put it DOWN if you have trouble with the UP position\051.  Switches #2)
57 W( \050English versus digit)56 W
6120 12670 MT
(result codes\051 and #4 \050Hayes echoes modem commands\051 may be in either position.)SH
6120 15062 MT
(If you want to interrupt a)
6 W( dial command in progress \050for instance, because you just realize that you gave it the wrong)7 W
6120 16258 MT
(number\051, type a Control-C to get back to command level.)SH
13 /Times-Bold AF
22948 19617 MT
(The 'script' Command:)SH
10 /Times-Roman AF
6120 21990 MT
(Syntax:)SH
/Courier SF
9426 XM
(script)SH
/Times-Italic SF
13626 XM
(expect send [expect send] . . .)SH
/Times-Roman SF
6120 24382 MT
("expect" has the syntax:)SH
/Times-Italic SF
15990 XM
(expect[-send-expect[-send-expect[...]]])SH
/Times-Roman SF
6120 26774 MT
(The 'script' command carries on a "canned dialog" with a)
120 W( remote system, in which data is sent according to the)119 W
6120 27970 MT
(remote system's responses.  The typical use is for logging in to a remote system automatically.)SH
6120 30362 MT
(C-Kermit's script facility)
SH( operates in a manner similar to that commonly used by the Unix UUCP system's ")1 W
/Courier SF
(L.sys)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(")SH
6120 31558 MT
(file entries.  A login script is a sequence of the form:)SH
/Times-Italic SF
8520 33273 MT
(expect send [expect send] . . .)SH
/Times-Roman SF
6120 34990 MT
(where)SH
/Times-Italic SF
8844 XM
(expect)SH
/Times-Roman SF
11679 XM
(is a prompt or message to be issued)
31 W( by the remote site, and)30 W
/Times-Italic SF
35851 XM
(send)SH
/Times-Roman SF
37964 XM
(is the string \050names, numbers, etc\051 to)30 W
6120 36186 MT
(return, and expects are separated from sends by spaces.  The send may also be the keyword)
7 W( EOT, to send Control-D,)8 W
6120 37382 MT
(or BREAK, to send a break signal.  Letters in sends may be prefixed by `)SH
/Courier SF
(~)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(' to send special characters, including:)SH
/Courier SF
8120 39173 MT
(~b)SH
/Times-Roman SF
10120 XM
(backspace)SH
/Courier SF
8120 40278 MT
(~s)SH
/Times-Roman SF
10120 XM
(space)SH
/Courier SF
8120 41383 MT
(~q)SH
/Times-Roman SF
10120 XM
(`)SH
/Courier SF
(?)SH
/Times-Roman SF
('\050trapped by Kermit's command interpreter\051)SH
/Courier SF
8120 42488 MT
(~n)SH
/Times-Roman SF
10120 XM
(linefeed)SH
/Courier SF
8120 43593 MT
(~r)SH
/Times-Roman SF
10120 XM
(carriage return)SH
/Courier SF
8120 44698 MT
(~t)SH
/Times-Roman SF
10120 XM
(tab)SH
/Courier SF
8120 45803 MT
(~')SH
/Times-Roman SF
10120 XM
(single quote)SH
/Courier SF
8120 46908 MT
(~~)SH
/Times-Roman SF
10120 XM
(tilde)SH
/Courier SF
8120 48013 MT
(~")SH
/Times-Roman SF
10120 XM
(double quote)SH
/Courier SF
8120 49118 MT
(~x)SH
/Times-Roman SF
10120 XM
(XON \050Control-Q\051)SH
/Courier SF
8120 50223 MT
(~c)SH
/Times-Roman SF
10120 XM
(don't append a carriage return)SH
/Courier SF
8120 51328 MT
(~)SH
/Times-Italic SF
(o[o[o]])SH
/Times-Roman SF
12276 XM
(an octal character)SH
/Courier SF
8120 52433 MT
(~d)SH
/Times-Roman SF
10120 XM
(delay approx 1/3 second during send)SH
/Courier SF
8120 53538 MT
(~w)SH
/Times-Italic SF
([d[d]])SH
/Times-Roman SF
12376 XM
(wait specified interval during expect, then time out)SH
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(As with some UUCP systems, sent strings are followed by)SH
/Courier SF
29758 XM
(~r)SH
/Times-Roman SF
31208 XM
(unless they have a)SH
/Courier SF
38762 XM
(~c)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(.)SH
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(Only the last 7 characters in each expect are matched.  A null)32 W
/Times-Italic SF
31307 XM
(expect)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(, e.g.)32 W
/Courier SF
36118 XM
(~0)SH
/Times-Roman SF
37599 XM
(or two adjacent dashes, causes a short)31 W
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(delay before proceeding to the next send sequence.  A null expect always succeeds.)SH
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(As with UUCP, if the expect string does not arrive, the script attempt fails.  If)
30 W( you expect that a sequence might not)31 W
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(arrive, as with UUCP, conditional sequences may be expressed in the form:)SH
/Times-Italic SF
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(-send-expect[-send-expect[...]])SH
/Times-Roman SF
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(where dashed sequences are followed as long as previous)
41 W( expects fail.  Timeouts for expects can be specified using)40 W
/Courier SF
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(~w)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(;)SH
/Courier SF
7848 XM
(~w)SH
/Times-Roman SF
9298 XM
(with no arguments waits 15 seconds.)SH
/Times-Italic SF
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(Expect/send)SH
/Times-Roman SF
11398 XM
(transactions can be easily be debugged by logging)
196 W( transactions.  This records all exchanges, both)197 W
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(expected and actual.  The script execution will also be logged in the session log, if that is activated.)SH
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(1.4. Interactive Operation)SH
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(Page 21)SH
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8280 7886 MT
(Note that `)1 W
/Courier SF
(\134)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(' characters in login scripts, as in any other C-Kermit interactive)
1 W( commands, must be doubled up.  A line)SH
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(may be ended with a single `)SH
/Courier SF
(\134)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(' for continuation.)SH
8280 11474 MT
(Example one:)SH
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(Using a modem, dial a UNIX host site.  Expect "login" \050...gin\051, and if it doesn't come,)
13 W( simply send a null string with)14 W
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(a)SH
/Courier SF
9035 XM
(~r)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(. \050Some)
372 W( Unixes require either an EOT or a BREAK instead of the null sequence, depending on the particular)61 W
8280 16258 MT
(site's "logger" program.\051  After providing user id and password, respond "x" to a question-mark prompt, expect the)43 W
8280 17454 MT
(Bourne shell ")101 W
/Courier SF
($)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(" prompt)
101 W( \050and send return if it doesn't arrive\051.  Then cd to directory kermit, and run the program)100 W
8280 18650 MT
(called "wermit", entering the interactive connect state after wermit is loaded.)SH
/Courier SF
10680 20305 MT
(set modem ventel)SH
10680 21336 MT
(set line /dev/tty77)SH
10680 22367 MT
(set baud 1200)SH
10680 23398 MT
(dial 9&5551212)SH
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(script gin:--gin:--gin: smith ssword: mysecret ~q x $--$ \134)SH
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(cd~skermit $ wermit)SH
10680 26491 MT
(connect)SH
/Times-Roman SF
8280 28208 MT
(Note that 'set line' is issued)SH
/Times-Italic SF
19668 XM
(after)SH
/Times-Roman SF
21807 XM
('set modem', but)SH
/Times-Italic SF
28862 XM
(before)SH
/Times-Roman SF
31667 XM
('set baud' or other line-related parameters.)SH
8280 30600 MT
(Example two:)SH
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(Using a modem, dial the Telenet network.  This network expects)
132 W( three returns with slight delays between them.)133 W
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(These are sent following)
120 W( null expects.  The single return is here sent as a null string, with a return appended by)119 W
8280 35384 MT
(default. Four)
540 W( returns are sent to)
145 W( be safe before looking for the prompt.  Then the Telenet id and password are)146 W
8280 36580 MT
(entered. Then)
322 W( Telenet is instructed to connect to a host site)
36 W( \050c 12345\051.  The host has a data switch that asks "which)35 W
8280 37776 MT
(system"; the)
39 W( script responds "myhost" \050if the "which system" prompt doesn't appear, the Telenet connect command)40 W
8280 38972 MT
(is reissued\051.  The script waits for an ``)178 W
/Courier SF
(@)SH
/Times-Roman SF
('' prompt from the host, then sends the user ID \050"joe"\051 and)
178 W( password)177 W
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(\050"secret"\051, looks for another ``)160 W
/Courier SF
(@)SH
/Times-Roman SF
('' prompt, runs Kermit, and in response to the)
160 W( Kermit's prompt \050which ends in)161 W
8280 41364 MT
(``)SH
/Courier SF
(>)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(''\051, gives the commands "set parity even" and)
56 W( "server".  Files are then exchanged.  The commands are in a take)55 W
8280 42560 MT
(file; note the continuation of the 'script' command onto several lines using the `)SH
/Courier SF
(\134)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(' terminator.)SH
/Courier SF
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(set modem hayes)SH
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(set line /dev/acu)SH
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(set speed 1200)SH
10680 47308 MT
(set parity mark)SH
10680 48339 MT
(dial 9,5551212)SH
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(script ~0 ~0 ~0 ~0 ~0 ~0 ~0 ~0 @--@--@ id~saa001122 = 002211 @ \134)SH
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(c~s12345 ystem-c~s12345-ystem myhost @ joe~ssecret @ kermit \134)SH
13080 51432 MT
(> set~sparity~seven > server)SH
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(send some.stuff)SH
10680 53494 MT
(get some.otherstuff)SH
10680 54525 MT
(bye)SH
10680 55556 MT
(quit)SH
/Times-Roman SF
8280 57273 MT
(Since these commands may be)
149 W( executed totally in the background, they can also be scheduled.  A typical shell)150 W
8280 58469 MT
(script, which might be scheduled by cron, would be as follows \050csh used for this example\051:)SH
/Courier SF
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(#)SH
10680 61155 MT
(#keep trying to dial and log onto remote host and exchange files)SH
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(#wait 10 minutes before retrying if dial or script fail.)SH
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(#)SH
10680 64248 MT
(cd someplace)SH
10680 65279 MT
(while \050 1 \051)SH
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(kermit < /tonight.cmd >> nightly.log &)SH
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(if \050 ! $status \051 break)SH
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(sleep 600)SH
10680 69403 MT
(end)SH
/Times-Roman SF
8280 71795 MT
(File)SH
/Courier SF
10193 XM
(tonight.cmd)SH
/Times-Roman SF
17150 XM
(might have two takes)
107 W( in it, for example, one to take a file with the set modem, set line, set)106 W
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(Kermit User Guide: UNIX KERMIT 1.4)SH
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(baud, dial, and script, and a second take of a)
69 W( file with send/get commands for the remote server.  The last lines of)70 W
/Courier SF
6120 9082 MT
(tonight.cmd)SH
/Times-Roman SF
12970 XM
(should be a bye and a quit.)SH
13 /Times-Bold AF
23344 12441 MT
(The 'help' Command:)SH
10 /Times-Roman AF
6120 14814 MT
(Syntax:)SH
/Courier SF
9776 XM
(help)SH
/Times-Italic SF
7920 15845 MT
(or)SH
/Courier SF
(: help)SH
/Times-Italic SF
13009 XM
(keyword)SH
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(or)SH
/Courier SF
(: help {set, remote})SH
/Times-Italic SF
21409 XM
(keyword)SH
/Times-Roman SF
6120 18593 MT
(Brief help messages or menus are always available at interactive command level)
70 W( by typing a question mark at any)69 W
6120 19789 MT
(point. A)
274 W( slightly more verbose form of help is available)
12 W( through the 'help' command.  The 'help' command with no)13 W
6120 20985 MT
(arguments prints a brief summary of how to enter commands)
59 W( and how to get further help.  'help' may be followed)58 W
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(by one of the top-level C-Kermit command keywords, such)
135 W( as 'send', to request information about a command.)136 W
6120 23377 MT
(Commands such as 'set' and 'remote' have a further level of help.  Thus you may type 'help', 'help)
13 W( set', or 'help set)12 W
6120 24573 MT
(parity'; each will provide a successively more detailed level of help.)SH
13 /Times-Bold AF
20347 27932 MT
(The 'exit' and 'quit' Commands:)SH
10 /Times-Roman AF
6120 30305 MT
(These two commands are identical.  Both of them do the following:)SH
/Symbol SF
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(\267)SH
/Times-Roman SF
8620 XM
(Attempt to insure that the terminal is returned to normal.)SH
/Symbol SF
7910 33315 MT
(\267)SH
/Times-Roman SF
8620 XM
(Relinquish access to any communication line assigned via 'set line'.)SH
/Symbol SF
7910 34420 MT
(\267)SH
/Times-Roman SF
8620 XM
(Relinquish any uucp and multiuser locks on the communications line.)SH
/Symbol SF
7910 35525 MT
(\267)SH
/Times-Roman SF
8620 XM
(Hang up the modem, if the communications line supports data terminal ready.)SH
/Symbol SF
7910 36630 MT
(\267)SH
/Times-Roman SF
8620 XM
(Close any open logs or other files.)SH
6120 39022 MT
(After exit from C-Kermit, your default directory will be the)
140 W( same as when you started the program.  The 'exit')141 W
6120 40218 MT
(command is issued implicitly whenever C-Kermit halts normally, e.g. after a command line invocation,)
152 W( or after)151 W
6120 41414 MT
(certain kinds of interruptions.)SH
14 /Times-Bold AF
6120 45016 MT
(1.5. UUCP Lock Files)SH
10 /Times-Roman AF
6120 47134 MT
(Unix has no standard way of obtaining exclusive access to an external communication line.)
13 W( When)
277 W( you issue the 'set)14 W
6120 48330 MT
(line' command to Unix Kermit, Unix)
125 W( would normally grant you access to the line even if some other process is)124 W
6120 49526 MT
(making use of it.  The method adopted by most Unix systems to handle this situation is)
149 W( the "UUCP lock file".)150 W
6120 50722 MT
(UUCP, the Unix-to-Unix Copy program, creates a file)
175 W( in its directory \050usually)174 W
/Courier SF
39711 XM
(/usr/spool/uucp)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(, on some)174 W
6120 51918 MT
(systems)SH
/Courier SF
9537 XM
(/etc/locks)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(\051 with a name like)SH
/Courier SF
23008 XM
(LCK..)SH
/Times-Italic SF
(name)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(, where)SH
/Times-Italic SF
31367 XM
(name)SH
/Times-Roman SF
33783 XM
(is the device name, for instance)SH
/Courier SF
46641 XM
(tty07)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(.)SH
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(Unix Kermit uses UUCP lock files in order to avoid conflicts with UUCP, tip,)
96 W( or other programs that follow this)97 W
6120 55506 MT
(convention. Whenever)
280 W( you attempt to access an external line)
15 W( using the 'set line' command or `)14 W
/Courier SF
(-l)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(' on the command)14 W
6120 56702 MT
(line, Kermit)
48 W( looks in the UUCP directory for a lock file corresponding to that device.  For instance, if you 'set line)49 W
6120 57898 MT
(/dev/ttyi6' then Kermit looks for the file)SH
/Courier SF
8520 59553 MT
(/usr/spool/uucp/LCK..ttyi6)SH
/Times-Roman SF
6120 61270 MT
(If it finds this file, it gives you an error message and a directory listing of the file so that)
12 W( you can see who is using it,)11 W
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(e.g.)SH
/Courier SF
8520 64121 MT
(-r--r--r-- 1)
600 W( fdc)
SH( 4)
4200 W( May  7 13:02 /usr/spool/uucp/LCK..ttyi6)SH
/Times-Roman SF
6120 65838 MT
(In this case, you would look up user fdc to find out how soon the line will become free.)SH
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(This convention requires that the uucp directory be publicly readable and writable.  If it is not, the)
114 W( program will)115 W
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(issue an appropriate warning message, but will allow you to proceed at your own risk \050and the)
67 W( risk of anyone else)66 W
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(who might also be using the same line\051.)SH
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(1.5. UUCP Lock Files)SH
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51775 XM
(Page 23)SH
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8280 7886 MT
(If no lock file is found, Unix Kermit)
52 W( will attempt create one, thus preventing anyone who subsequently tries to run)53 W
8280 9082 MT
(Kermit, UUCP, tip, or similar programs on the same line from)
63 W( gaining access until you release the line.  If Kermit)62 W
8280 10278 MT
(could not create the lock file \050for instance because the uucp directory)
108 W( is write-protected\051, then you will receive a)109 W
8280 11474 MT
(warning message but will be allowed to proceed at your -- and everyone else's -- risk.  When)
110 W( Kermit terminates)109 W
8280 12670 MT
(normally, your lock file is removed.)SH
8280 15062 MT
(Even when the lock directory is writable and readable, the)
132 W( locking mechanism depends upon all users using the)133 W
8280 16258 MT
(same name for the same)
222 W( device.  If a device has more than one path associated with it, then a lock can be)221 W
8280 17454 MT
(circumvented by using an alias.)SH
8280 19846 MT
(When a lock-creating program)
68 W( abruptly terminates, e.g. because it crashes or is killed via shell command, the lock)69 W
8280 21042 MT
(file remains in the uucp directory, spuriously indicating)
36 W( that the line is in use.  If the lock file is owned by yourself,)35 W
8280 22238 MT
(you may remove it.  Otherwise, you'll have to get the owner or the system manager to remove it,)
47 W( or else wait for a)48 W
8280 23434 MT
(system task to do so; uucp supports a function \050uuclean\051 which removes these files after a predetermined age -- uucp)9 W
8280 24630 MT
(sites tend to run this function periodically via crontab.)SH
8280 27022 MT
(Locking is not needed, or used, if communications occur over the user's login terminal line \050normally)SH
/Courier SF
49219 XM
(/dev/tty)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(\051.)SH
8280 29414 MT
(It may be seen that line locking is fraught with peril.)
178 W( It)
608 W( is included in Unix Kermit only because other Unix)179 W
8280 30610 MT
(communication programs rely on it.  While it is naturally desirable to assure exclusive access)
110 W( to a line, it is also)109 W
8280 31806 MT
(undesirable to refuse access to a vacant line only because of)
9 W( a spurious lock file, or because the uucp directory is not)10 W
8280 33002 MT
(appropriately protected.)SH
14 /Times-Bold AF
8280 36604 MT
(1.6. C-Kermit under Berkeley or System III/V Unix:)SH
10 /Times-Roman AF
8280 38722 MT
(C-Kermit may be interrupted at command)
169 W( level or during file transfer by typing Control-C.  The program will)168 W
8280 39918 MT
(perform its normal exit function, restoring the terminal and releasing any)
137 W( lock.  If a protocol transaction was in)138 W
8280 41114 MT
(progress, an error packet will be sent to the opposite Kermit so that it can terminate cleanly.)SH
8280 43506 MT
(C-Kermit may be invoked in the background \050")6 W
/Courier SF
(&)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(" on shell commmand line\051.  If a background process is "killed", the)5 W
8280 44702 MT
(user will have to manually)
27 W( remove any lock file and may need to restore the modem.  This is because the kill signal)28 W
8280 45898 MT
(\050)SH
/Courier SF
(kill\050)SH
/Times-Italic SF
(x)SH
/Courier SF
(,9\051)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(\051 cannot be trapped by Kermit.)SH
8280 48290 MT
(During execution of a)
106 W( system command \050'directory', 'cwd', or `)105 W
/Courier SF
(!)SH
/Times-Roman SF
('\051, C-Kermit can often be returned to command)105 W
8280 49486 MT
(level by typing a single Control-C.  \050With System III/V, the)
20 W( usual interrupt function \050often the DEL key\051 is replaced)21 W
8280 50682 MT
(by Control-C.\051)SH
8280 53074 MT
(Under Berkeley Unix only: C-Kermit may also be interrupted by)71 W
/Courier SF
35153 XM
(^Z)SH
/Times-Roman SF
36674 XM
(to put the process in the background.  In this)70 W
8280 54270 MT
(case the terminal is not restored.  You will have to type Control-J followed by "reset" followed by another Control-J)17 W
8280 55466 MT
(to get your terminal back to normal.)SH
8280 57858 MT
(Control-C, Control-Z, and Control-)142 W
/Courier SF
(\134)SH
/Times-Roman SF
23837 XM
(lose their normal functions)
142 W( during terminal connection and also during file)141 W
8280 59054 MT
(transfer when the controlling tty line is being used for packet i/o.)SH
8280 61446 MT
(If you are running C-Kermit)
198 W( in "quiet mode" in the foreground, then interrupting the program with a console)199 W
8280 62642 MT
(interrupt like Control-C will)
22 W( not restore the terminal to normal conversational operation.  This is because the system)21 W
8280 63838 MT
(call to enable console interrupt)
144 W( traps will cause the program to block if it's running in the background, and the)145 W
8280 65034 MT
(primary reason for quiet mode is)
10 W( to allow the program to run in the background without blocking, so that you can do)9 W
8280 66230 MT
(other work in the foreground.)SH
8280 68622 MT
(If C-Kermit is run in the background \050"&" on shell commmand line\051, then the interrupt signal)
143 W( \050Control-C\051 \050and)144 W
8280 69818 MT
(System III/V quit signal\051 are ignored.  This prevents an interrupt signal intended for a foreground job)
207 W( \050say a)206 W
8280 71014 MT
(compilation\051 from being trapped by a background Kermit session.)SH
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(1.7. C-Kermit on the DEC Pro-3xx with Pro/Venix Version 1)SH
10 /Times-Roman AF
6120 10256 MT
(The DEC Professional 300 series are PDP-11/23 based personal computers.  Venix Version)
253 W( 1 is a Unix v7)254 W
6120 11452 MT
(derivative. It)
473 W( should not be confused with Venix Version 2, which is based on ATT System V; these comments)111 W
6120 12648 MT
(apply to Venix Version 1 only.  C-Kermit runs in local mode on the Pro-3)86 W
/Times-Italic SF
(xx)SH
/Times-Roman SF
38129 XM
(when invoked from the)
86 W( console; the)87 W
6120 13844 MT
(default device is)2 W
/Courier SF
12930 XM
(/dev/com1.dout)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(. When)
254 W( connected to a remote system \050using C-Kermit's 'connect' command\051,)1 W
6120 15040 MT
(Pro/Venix itself \050not Kermit\051 provides VT52 terminal emulation.  Terminal operation)
157 W( at high speeds \050like 9600)158 W
6120 16236 MT
(baud\051 requires xon/xoff flow control, which unfortunately interferes with applications such as the)
54 W( EMACS that use)53 W
6120 17432 MT
(Control-Q and Control-S as commands.)SH
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(When logging in to a Pro-3xx \050or any workstation\051 through the "back port", it may be necessary to give the)210 W
6120 21020 MT
(command "set line /dev/tty" in order to get C-Kermit to function correctly in remote mode \050on a system)
44 W( in which it)43 W
6120 22216 MT
(normally expects to be operating in local mode\051.)SH
14 /Times-Bold AF
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(1.8. C-Kermit under VAX/VMS)SH
10 /Times-Roman AF
6120 27936 MT
(C-Kermit can be built)
28 W( using VAX-11 C to run under VMS.  Most of the descriptions in this manual hold true, but it)29 W
6120 29132 MT
(should be noted that as of this writing the VMS support is not thoroughly)
64 W( tested, and no explicit support exists for)63 W
6120 30328 MT
(the various types of VMS files and their attributes.)SH
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(The C-Kermit init file for VMS is called)SH
/Courier SF
22563 XM
(KERMIT.INI)SH
/Times-Roman SF
(.)SH
14 /Times-Bold AF
6120 36322 MT
(1.9. C-Kermit on the Macintosh and other Systems)SH
10 /Times-Roman AF
6120 38440 MT
(The "protocol kernel" of C-Kermit is also used by Columbia's Macintosh Kermit.  The user and system)
41 W( interface is)42 W
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(entirely different, and is covered in a separate document.)SH
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(There is also a Kermit for the Commodore Amiga)
175 W( based on C-Kermit, as well as versions for MS-DOS, Data)174 W
6120 43224 MT
(General operating systems, etc.)SH
14 /Times-Bold AF
6120 46826 MT
(1.10. C-Kermit Restrictions and Known Bugs)SH
10 /Times-Roman AF
8120 48944 MT
(1.)SH
9120 XM
(Editing characters:  The program's interactive command interrupt, delete, and kill)
234 W( characters are)235 W
7482 50 9120 49144 UL
9120 50049 MT
(Control-C, Delete \050or Backspace\051, and Control-U, respectively.  There is)
78 W( currently no way to change)77 W
9120 51154 MT
(them to suit your taste or match those used by your shell, in case those are different.)SH
8120 53364 MT
(2.)SH
9120 XM
(Flow control:)
102 W( C-Kermit)
455 W( attempts to use XON/XOFF flow control during protocol operations, but it)103 W
5241 50 9120 53564 UL
9120 54469 MT
(also puts the communication line into "rawmode".  On many systems, rawmode)
37 W( disables flow control,)36 W
9120 55574 MT
(so even though you may have "set flow xon/xoff", no flow control will)
15 W( be done.  This is highly system)16 W
9120 56679 MT
(and Unix-version dependent.)SH
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(3.)SH
9120 XM
(High baud rates:  There's no way to specify baud rates higher than 9600 baud.)
99 W( Most)
446 W( Unix systems)98 W
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9120 59994 MT
(don't supply symbols)
72 W( for them \050unless you use EXTA, EXTB\051, and even when they do, the program)73 W
9120 61099 MT
(has no way of knowing whether a specific port's serial i/o controller supports those rates.)SH
8120 63309 MT
(4.)SH
9120 XM
(Modem controls:  If a connection is made over a)
89 W( communication line \050rather than on the controlling)88 W
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9120 64414 MT
(terminal line\051, and that line has modem controls, \050e.g. data terminal ready)
244 W( and carrier detection)245 W
9120 65519 MT
(implementation\051, returning to the shell level will disconnect the conversation.  In that case, one should)24 W
9120 66624 MT
(use interactive mode)
386 W( commands, and avoid use of piped shell-level operation \050also see 'set)387 W
9120 67729 MT
(modem-dialer' and 'dial' commands.\051)SH
8120 69939 MT
(5.)SH
9120 XM
(Login Scripts:  The present login scripts implementation follows the Unix conventions)
205 W( of uucp's)204 W
5622 50 9120 70139 UL
9120 71044 MT
(")SH
/Courier SF
(L.sys)SH
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352 W( systems have some lines dedicated to dial-in, which they enable "loggers")51 W
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(If the network hardware cannot accept 100 characters at a time, and flow control cannot be done)174 W
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(between the network and the computer, then Kermit's)
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71 W( by the operator\051 the user may need to reset the terminal state.  If)70 W
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(commands do not seem to be accepted at the shell)
129 W( prompt, try Control-J "stty sane" Control-J \050use)130 W
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("reset" on Berkeley Unix\051.  That should take the terminal out of "raw mode" if it was stuck there.)SH
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261 W( to instruct the)260 W
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(10.)SH
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(XOFF deadlocks:)
27 W( When)
303 W( connecting back to C-Kermit after a transaction, or after finishing the server,)26 W
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(it may be necessary to type a Control-Q to clear up an)
7 W( XOFF deadlock.  There's not much the program)8 W
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(can do about this...)SH
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(these files and then cd to it.  A makefile is provided to build C-Kermit for various Unix systems \050there)
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(makefiles for VMS and the Macintosh\051.  As distributed, the makefile has the name)
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(makefile)SH
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(" and then type)
37 W( "make xxx", where xxx is the symbol for your system, for instance "make)38 W
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(bsd" to make)
79 W( C-Kermit for 4.x BSD Unix.  The result will be a program called "wermit".  You should test this to)78 W
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(make sure it works; if it does, then you can rename it to "kermit" and)
27 W( install it for general use.  See the makefile for)28 W
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(a list of the systems supported and the corresponding "make" arguments.)SH
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(1.12. Adapting C-Kermit to Other Systems)SH
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23 W( indicated in parentheses after the module name: "C")22 W
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(means any system that has a C compiler that)
113 W( conforms to the description in "The C Programming Language" by)114 W
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(Kernighan &)
107 W( Ritchie \050Prentice-Hall, 1978\051.  "Cf" is like "C", but also requires "standard" features like printf and)106 W
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(fprintf, argument passing via argv/argc, and so on,)
39 W( as described in Kernighan & Ritchie.  "Unix" means the module)40 W
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(should be useful under any Unix implementation; it requires features such as)
19 W( fork\050\051 and pipes.  Anything else means)18 W
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(that the module is particular to the indicated system.  C-Kermit file names are of the form:)SH
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(type)SH
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(>)SH
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(is the file type:)SH
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(c:)SH
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(C language source)SH
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(h:)SH
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(Header file for C language source)SH
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(w:)SH
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(Wart preprocessor source, converted by Wart \050or Lex\051 to a C program)SH
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(nr:)SH
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(Nroff/Troff text formatter source)SH
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(mss:)SH
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(Scribe text formatter source)SH
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(doc:)SH
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(Documentation)SH
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(hlp:)SH
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(Help text)SH
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(bld:)SH
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(Instructions for building the program)SH
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(bwr:)SH
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(A "beware" file - list of known bugs)SH
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(mak:)SH
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(Makefile)SH
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(>)SH
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(a:)SH
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(Descriptive material, documentation)SH
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(c:)SH
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(All systems with C compilers)SH
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(d:)SH
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(Data General)SH
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(h:)SH
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(Harris computers \050reserved\051)SH
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(m:)SH
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(p:)SH
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(aaa:)SH
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(ker:)SH
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(General C-Kermit definitions, information, documentation)SH
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(Main program)SH
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(Script command)SH
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(us2:)SH
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(More user interface)SH
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(us3:)SH
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(Still more user interface)SH
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(Examples:)SH
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(ckmtio.c)SH
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(Terminal i/o for Macintosh)SH
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(ckuker.mss)SH
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(Scribe source for for Kermit User Guide chapter)SH
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(ckuker.nr)SH
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(Nroff source file for Unix C-Kermit man page)SH
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(The following material discusses each of the C-Kermit modules briefly.)SH
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(ckcmai.c, ckcker.h, ckcdeb.h \050Cf\051)SH
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(:)SH
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(This is the main program.  It contains)
33 W( declarations for global variables and a small amount of code to initialize)34 W
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(some variables and invoke)
249 W( the command parser.  In its distributed form, it assumes that command line)248 W
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(arguments are passed to it via argc and argv.  Since this portion of code is only several lines long,)
39 W( it should be)40 W
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(easy to)
66 W( replace for systems that have different styles of user interaction.  The header files define symbols and)65 W
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(macros used by the various modules of C-Kermit.)15 W
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201 W( contains not only the debug format definitions, but also any compiler-dependent)200 W
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50 W( table and the code to accomplish state switching.  It is)49 W
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(written in "wart", a language which may be)
68 W( regarded as a subset of the Unix "lex" lexical analyzer generator.)69 W
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70 W( module to function.  Lex itself was not used because it is)69 W
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(proprietary. The)
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(, and is described in)SH
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(ckwart.doc)SH
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(.)SH
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(ckcfns.c \050C\051)SH
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(The module contains all the Kermit protocol)
55 W( support functions -- packet formation, encoding, decoding, block)56 W
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(check calculation, filename and data conversion, protocol parameter)
180 W( negotiation, and high-level interaction)179 W
10280 19880 MT
(with the communication line and)
48 W( file system.  To accommodate small systems, this module has been split into)49 W
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(two --)SH
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(This module contains the)
5 W( system-dependent primitives for communication line i/o, timers, and interrupts for the)6 W
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(various versions of Unix.  Certain important variables are defined in this module, which determine whether)126 W
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(C-Kermit is by default remote or local, what the default communication device is, and)
7 W( so forth.  The tio module)8 W
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(maintains its own private database of file descriptors and modes for)
79 W( the console terminal and the file transfer)78 W
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(communication line so that other modules \050like ckcfns or the terminal connect module\051 need not be concerned)47 W
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(with them.  The variations among Unix implementations with respect to)
228 W( terminal control and timers are)227 W
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(accommodated via conditional compilation.)SH
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(ckufio.c)SH
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10280 32979 MT
(This module contains system-dependent primitives)
267 W( for file i/o, wildcard \050meta character\051 expansion, file)266 W
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(existence and access checking, and system command execution for the)
57 W( various versions of Unix.  It maintains)58 W
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(an internal database of i/o "channels" \050file pointers in this case\051 for the)
57 W( files C-Kermit cares about -- the input)56 W
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(file \050the)
70 W( file which is being sent\051, the output file \050the file being received\051, the various logs, the screen, and so)71 W
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(forth. This)
588 W( module varies little among Unix)
169 W( implementations except for the wildcard expansion code; the)168 W
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(systems is selected using conditional compilation.)SH
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123 W( C-Kermit.  It includes the command parser, the screen output functions, and)124 W
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(console input functions.  The command parser comes in)
188 W( two pieces -- the traditional Unix command line)187 W
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(decoder \050which is quite small and compact\051, and the interactive keyword parser \050which is rather large\051.  This)82 W
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60 W( also includes code to execute any commands directly which don't require)61 W
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19 W( -- local file management, etc.  The module is rated "Unix" because it makes occasional use)18 W
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(of the)SH
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77 W( to be)76 W
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242 W( so forth.  The style of interaction is the same as that found on the)241 W
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91 W( etc, and invokes functions from the tio module to accomplish the desired)90 W
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281 W( No)
814 W( terminal)282 W
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113 W( this may be piped through a terminal)112 W
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(1.1. The Unix File System)SH
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(1.9. C-Kermit on the Macintosh and other Systems)SH
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(1.10. C-Kermit Restrictions and Known Bugs)SH
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(1.11. How to Build C-Kermit for a Unix System)SH
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(1.12. Adapting C-Kermit to Other Systems)SH
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