hartlemp@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Michael P Hartley) (05/10/91)
I am having some trouble transfering files from an MS-DOS machine to a DEC rainbow running OS/9, via kermit. The problem is that on the dos machine the files are fine, but after transfer, the files on the OS/9 machine are not correct. All of the return characters have been replaced with control-J's. since ^J is a backpace, this really screws up attempts to replace them with returns at the os/9 end. Any suggestions? ---Mike
kdarling@hobbes.catt.ncsu.edu (Kevin Darling) (05/10/91)
hartlemp@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Michael P Hartley) writes: > I am having some trouble transfering files from an MS-DOS machine to >a DEC rainbow running OS/9, via kermit. >The problem is that on the dos machine >the files are fine, but after transfer, the files on the OS/9 machine are not >correct. All of the return characters have been replaced with control-J's. >since ^J is a backpace, this really screws up attempts to replace them with >returns at the os/9 end. Any suggestions? Those are linefeeds :-). If you have the "tr" command, just do a: tr \0a \0d oldfile >newfile To change them all to returns. best - kev <kdarling@catt.ncsu.edu> PS: I think kermit has an option to do that? Not sure.
pete@wlbr.imsd.contel.com (Pete Lyall) (05/10/91)
CTRL J's are LINEFEEDS.
Make sure that both the originating and the receiving Kermits
are setup for text or ASCII modes. On os9, this amounts
(usually) to omitting the '-i' (image mode) flag on the command
line.
On the DOS side, make sure that your kermit isn't setup for
binary. On my Procomm Plus, I believe binary is the default.
Pete Lyall
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In article <12127@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> hartlemp@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Michael P Hartley) writes: > I am having some trouble transfering files from an MS-DOS machine to >a DEC rainbow running OS/9, via kermit. The problem is that on the dos machine >the files are fine, but after transfer, the files on the OS/9 machine are not >correct. All of the return characters have been replaced with control-J's. >since ^J is a backpace, this really screws up attempts to replace them with >returns at the os/9 end. Any suggestions? control-J isn't backspace (that's control-H). control-J, if I remember rightly, is line feed. MSDOS uses CRLF for end of line, OS-9 uses CR. Kermit takes care of that conversion, unless you explicitly tell it not to. When you're sending text files, *don't* type "set file mode binary" at either Kermit, and don't use i or -i on the Kermit command line. James Jones