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 U of Il and US Army Corps of Engineers CERL UUCP: {ihnp4,pur-ee,convex}!uiucdcs!uiucuxc!hamilton ARPA: hamilton%uiucuxc@a.cs.uiuc.edu USMail: Box 476, Urbana, IL 61801 CSNET: hamilton%uiucuxc@uiuc.csnet Phone: (217)333-8703 CIS: [73047,544] PLink: w hamilton