gil@limbic.UUCP (Gil Kloepfer Jr.) (06/02/88)
In article <7086@watdragon.waterloo.edu> sekoppenhoef@dahlia.waterloo.edu (Shawn E Koppenhoefer) writes: |>I am having enormous difficulty trying to transfer a file to and from |>the Unix mainframe and my external pc computer. I've logged in through |>a sytek port and then used CALL to get onto my Unix account Dahlia |>Then all i want to do is transfer a file. |>IT WON'T DO IT!! |>Since I'm sure there are other people who are new to Unix (or will be) |>and will probably have a similar problem, I've posted this here. |> Shawn Koppenhoefer (CS C&O U of Waterloo) sekoppenhoef@dahlia.waterloo.edu I have had some problems using C-Kermit on my UNIX-pc transfering files from it to a VAX (running VMS). I found that the parity was set inconsistently on the two machines (this is the SET PARITY {ODD EVEN NONE MARK SPACE} command). When both machines were set identically, kermit worked just peachy. The method used to transfer a file (simple):, get into kermit on the remote machine, make sure the parities are the same, then use: r-kermit> send <file> Escape back to your local system, and type: l-kermit> receive There are ways of sending multiple files, doing remote slave (server) things- this is the simplest method. Try checking the parity and transfering a small file. +------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+ | Gil Kloepfer, Jr. | Net-Address: | | ICUS Computer Group, Systems Dvlp. | {boulder,ihnp4,talcott}!icus!limbic!gil| | P.O. Box 1 | Voice-net: (516) 968-6860 | | Islip Terrace, New York 11752 | Othernet: limbic!gil@icus.UUCP | +------------------------------------+----------------------------------------+
bak@csd-v.UUCP (Bruce) (06/05/88)
In article <132@limbic.UUCP> gil@limbic.UUCP (Gil Kloepfer Jr.) writes: >In article <7086@watdragon.waterloo.edu> sekoppenhoef@dahlia.waterloo.edu (Shawn E Koppenhoefer) writes: >|>I am having enormous difficulty trying to transfer a file to and from >|>the Unix mainframe and my external pc computer. I've logged in through >|>IT WON'T DO IT!! > >I have had some problems using C-Kermit on my UNIX-pc transfering files from >it to a VAX (running VMS). > >I found that the parity was set inconsistently on the two machines (this is >the SET PARITY {ODD EVEN NONE MARK SPACE} command). When both machines were >set identically, kermit worked just peachy. Also make sure that both machines have been set for binary transfer if that is the kind of file that you are using. And finally make sure that the file name is of a valid format for both systems. E.g. filename.abc;13 is not a valid unix file name ( too long ). Otherwise use converted filenames (i.e. names are converted to a format acceptable by MS-DOS which is valid for both VMS and UNIX). The commands: C-kermit>set file binary and C-kermit>set file names [converted | literal] work on my version of kermit. Happy hunting. -- Bruce Kern | uunet!swlabs!csd-v!bak Computer Systems Design | 1-203-270-0399 29 High Rock Rd., Sandy Hook, Ct. 06482 | This space for rent.