[comp.sys.amiga] Problem with Kermit in vt100 v2

hamilton@uiucuxc.CSO.UIUC.EDU (11/17/86)

james@uw-atm says:
> In article <576@cubsvax.UUCP>, dss@cubsvax.UUCP (David Silver) writes:
> > I found that I couldn't send multiple files by doing a kermit r on
> > a remote machine and kermit send * on the vt100 kermit.  The first file
> > got transfered, the remote kermit went away, and the vt100 kermit sat
> > there trying to send the rest of the files to noone.  Any ideas?
> 
> It went away because it had done what you asked: it had received a single file.
> Kermit had SERVERs added to the protocol to handle just this problem.  They
> allow the remote host to handle multiple transactions with out "intervention"
> for every transaction.  Thus you could send 3 files, receive 1, send 1 more,
> then quit, all this with only one command type to the server.  Of course you
> would be typing the names of several files on the Amiga, but it cann't guess
> the files!

    actually, the kermit protocol itself understands batches; it's not
limited to server mode.  what you need server mode for is the "turnaround":
the switching between sending and receiving without manual intervention.

	wayne hamilton
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