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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 ﬁle, /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 ini-

tializationﬁle, or you have included the ‘-y ﬁlename’ option to specify an alternative initialization ﬁle.

FILE TRANSFER

Here is the most common scenario for Kermit ﬁle 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-number if you are dialing; SET LINE

and SPEED for direct connections; SET NETWORK network-type and 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 ﬁle-, communication-,

or protocol-related parameters. If you will be transferring binary ﬁles, give the command SET

FILE TYPE BINARY to the Kermit program that will be sending them.

• To download a ﬁle or ﬁle group, give the remote Kermit a SEND command, following by a

ﬁlename or "wildcard" ﬁle speciﬁcation, for example:

send oofa.txt # (send one file)

send oofa.* # (send a group of files)

To upload a ﬁle or ﬁles, give the remote Kermit a RECEIVE command. The sending Kermit will

tell the receiving Kermit the name (and other attributes) of each ﬁle.

• 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 ﬁles, give the command SET FILE TYPE BINARY to the Kermit

program that is sending the ﬁles.

• If you are downloading ﬁles, tell the local Kermit program to RECEIVE. If you are uploading,

give your local Kermit program a SEND command, specifying a ﬁlename or wildcard ﬁle

speciﬁcation. In other words, tell the remote Kermit program what to do ﬁrst, 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 ﬁnished 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 ﬁle-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 ﬁle transfers automatically through your terminal emu-

lator.

The ﬁle 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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