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kermit(1)

kermit(1)

(HP-UX C-Kermit)

portable to many and diverse platforms.

STARTING C-KERMIT

You can start C-Kermit by typing /usr/bin/kermit, or just kermit if your PATH includes /usr/bin, possibly followed by command-line options. If there are no "action options" on the command line (explained below), C-Kermit starts in interactive command mode; you will see a greeting message and then the "C-Kermit>" prompt. If you do include action options on the command line, C-Kermit takes the indicated actions and then exits directly back to UNIX. Either way, C-Kermit executes the commands in its initialization ®le, /usr/share/lib/kermit/ckermit.ini, before it executes any other com- mands, unless you have included the ` -Y' (uppercase) command-line option, which means to skip the initialization ®le, or you have included the ` -y®lename ' option to specify an alternative initialization ®le.

FILE TRANSFER

Here is the most common scenario for Kermit ®le transfer. Many other methods are possible, most of them more convenient, but this basic method should work in all cases.

∙Start Kermit on your local computer and establish a connection to the remote computer. If C- Kermit is on your local computer, use the sequence SET MODEM TYPE modem-name , SET LINE device-name , SET SPEED bits-per-second , and DIAL phone-numberif you are dialing; SET LINE and SPEED for direct connections; SET NETWORK network-typeand SET HOST host-name-or- address for network connections.

∙SET any other necessary communication parameters, such as PARITY, DUPLEX, and FLOW-

CONTROL.

∙Give the CONNECT command.

∙Log in to the remote computer.

∙Start Kermit on the remote computer, give it any desired SET commands for ®le-, communication-, or protocol-related parameters. If you will be transferring binary ®les, give the command SET FILE TYPE BINARY to the Kermit program that will be sending them.

∙To download a ®le or ®le group, give the remote Kermit a SEND command, following by a ®lename or "wildcard" ®le speci®cation, for example:

send

oofa.txt

#

(send

one file)

send

oofa.*

#

(send

a group of files)

To upload a ®le or ®les, give the remote Kermit a RECEIVE command. The sending Kermit will tell the receiving Kermit the name (and other attributes) of each ®le.

∙Escape back to the Kermit program on your local (desktop) computer. If your local computer is running C-Kermit, type Ctrl-\c (Control-backslash followed by the letter 'c') (on NeXT worksta- tions, use Ctrl-] c). If MS-DOS or Kermit 95, use Alt-x (hold down the Alt key, press 'x'). Now you should see your local Kermit program's prompt.

∙If you will be transferring binary ®les, give the command SET FILE TYPE BINARY to the Kermit program that is sending the ®les.

∙If you are downloading ®les, tell the local Kermit program to RECEIVE. If you are uploading, give your local Kermit program a SEND command, specifying a ®lename or wildcard ®le speci®cation. In other words, tell the remote Kermit program what to do ®rst, SEND or RECEIVE, then escape back to the local Kermit and give it the opposite command, RECEIVE or SEND.

∙When the transfer is complete, give a CONNECT command. Now you are talking to Kermit on the remote computer again. Type EXIT to get back to the command prompt on the remote computer. When you are ®nished using the remote computer, log out and then (if necessary) escape back to Kermit on your local computer. Then you can make another connection or EXIT from the local Kermit program.

Note that other methods can be used to simplify the ®le-transfer process: client/server operation, in which all commands are given to the client and passed on automatically to the server, and autodownload (and upload), in which the remote Kermit initiates ®le transfers automatically through your terminal emu- lator.

The ®le transfer protocol defaults in C-Kermit 7.0, unlike those for earlier releases, favor speed over robustness, on the assumption that connections in these times are usually reliable (over TCP/IP and/or

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