canoaf@ntvax.UUCP (Augustine Cano) (03/17/89)
Hello everyone:
Like a few others I've been reading about lately, I've had problems with
the above version of kermit since day one. Specifically, the problems were
as follows:
1 - The UUCP-like script that worked on the previous version I was using
before didn't anymore.
2 - On termination, the "working" icon would appear and I couldn't get back
to the shell without the help of a ^C.
The solution: (hint on where to look for those who want to get into the code
and really fix it, I don't have the time now)
On startup, tell kermit LOG TRANSACTION as the first command or start your
take file with this command (this is what I do). This simple work-around
fixes problem 1 all the time and problem 2 if you just CONNECT. The one
situation I've found that still hangs exiting is transfering files with the
remote kermit in server mode.
Someone posted recently a fix to the exit problem that consisted in modifying
the inittab file... This is a kermit problem, why adapt the OS to a buggy
program? My suspicion is that some code related to the script function is
stepping on something else.
Well, I hope this helped someone out there...
Augustine Cano canoaf@dept.csci.unt.edu