news@sigi.Colorado.EDU (Network News) (10/27/87)
A few days ago I asked for help about downloading to my Amiga via
Kermit. Well, I found the reason it wasn't working correctly was because
Kermit is normally in ASCII download mode (ie: it does shomthing with the
CR/LFs and perhaps some other things). So the moral of the story is this:
If you are download to your Amiga from a mainframe, use:
kermit -is <filename> ; for binary direct download
kermit -ix <filename> ; for binary server download
also, if you want binary to be your default, put in your .kermrc file:
set file type binary
From: hunt@tramp.Colorado.EDU (HUNT LEE CAMERON)
Path: tramp!hunt
This may sound trivial, but the man page hides the info in the middle of it.
Also, it doesn't seem to matter if the receiving kermit is in binary mode
(which mine was), the sending kermit determines which file mode it's trans-
fering in.
I'd like to thank very much all of your quick and reliable info. Within
4 hours (on a Saturday evening, even!) I got a response. Over the next few
days I've received at least 6 responses via email and seen at least 2 responses
via this news group. Again, thanks much for the helpful info. With it
I got a 4024 Tektronics/VT100 emulator (a really handy tool).
~ Lee Hunt ~