| [9] | 1 | .so mnx.mac
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| 2 | .TH KERMIT 9
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| 3 | .CD "kermit \(en transfer a file using the kermit protocol"
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| 4 | .SX "kermit"
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| 5 | .FL "\fR(many)"
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| 6 | .EY "kermit" "Start kermit"
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| 7 | .PP
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| 8 | This is a slightly lobotomized \fIkermit\fR.
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| 9 | The help command, the script facility, and the automatic dial support
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| 10 | have been removed.
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| 11 | The ? and ESC commands still work, so there is still reasonable built-in help.
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| 12 | The only V7 \fIkermit\fR feature that does not work is the ability to see
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| 13 | whether there are input characters waiting. This means that you will not
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| 14 | be able to ask for status during a file transfer (though
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| 15 | this is not critical, because \fIkermit\fR prints a dot every so often and
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| 16 | other special characters whenever there is an error or timeout).
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| 17 | .PP
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| 18 | Start \fIkermit\fR, and then type the following to open a 2400 baud session,
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| 19 | for example:
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| 20 | .HS
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| 21 | .nf
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| 22 | .Cx "set line /dev/tty1"
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| 23 | .Cx "set speed 2400"
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| 24 | .Cx "connect"
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| 25 | .HS
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| 26 | .fi
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| 27 | (It is more convenient if you put these commands in \fI.kermrc\fR in your
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| 28 | home directory, so that they get done automatically whenever you
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| 29 | run \fIkermit\fR.) This will connect you to the modem or whatever on
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| 30 | the serial port. Now log into the other system.
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| 31 | .PP
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| 32 | When you want to transfer files, run \fIkermit\fR on the other system.
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| 33 | To it, type
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| 34 | .HS
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| 35 | .Cx "server"
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| 36 | .HS
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| 37 | This puts its \fIkermit\fR into a sort of \*(OQslave mode\*(CQ where it expects
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| 38 | commands from the \fIkermit\fR running on your \s-2MINIX\s0 system. Now come back
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| 39 | to the command level on \s-2MINIX\s0 \fIkermit\fR, by typing the escape character
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| 40 | followed by \fIc\fR. (\fIKermit\fR will tell you
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| 41 | the current escape character when
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| 42 | you do the connect command.) At this point you can issue various
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| 43 | commands.
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| 44 | Your \fIkermit\fR will coordinate things with \fIkermit\fR on the other
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| 45 | machine so that you only have to type commands at one end. Common
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| 46 | commands are
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| 47 | .HS
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| 48 | .Cx "get \fI\s+2filename\fP\s0"
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| 49 | .br
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| 50 | .Cx "put \fI\s+2filename\fP\s0"
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| 51 | .br
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| 52 | .Cx "remote \fI\s+2dir\fP\s0"
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| 53 | .HS
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| 54 | \fRFilenames can include wildcards. By default, \fIkermit\fR works in a
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| 55 | system-independent, text mode. (In effect it assumes that the
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| 56 | whole world is \s-2MS-DOS\s0 and converts end of line and file names
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| 57 | accordingly.) To send binary files, you will want to type
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| 58 | .HS
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| 59 | .Cx "set file type bin"
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| 60 | .HS
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| 61 | on both ends before starting any transfers. This disables
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| 62 | CR LF to newline conversion. If both of your systems are some
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| 63 | flavor of \s-2UNIX\s0, you might as well put this in \fI.kermrc\fR on both
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| 64 | ends and run in binary mode all the time. Also, if both systems
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| 65 | are \s-2UNIX\s0 it is recommended that you use
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| 66 | .HS
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| 67 | .Cx "set file name lit"
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| 68 | .HS
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| 69 | on both ends. This causes it to keep file names unchanged,
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| 70 | rather than mapping to legal \s-2MS-DOS\s0 names.
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| 71 | .PP
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| 72 | Here is a typical \fI.kermrc\fR for use on
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| 73 | .MX :
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| 74 | .HS
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| 75 | .nf
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| 76 | .Cx "set line /dev/tty1"
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| 77 | .Cx "set speed 1200"
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| 78 | .Cx "set esc 29"
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| 79 | .Cx "set file type bin"
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| 80 | .Cx "set file name lit"
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| 81 | .Cx "set retry 90"
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| 82 | .Cx "set prompt MINIX kermit>"
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| 83 | .Cx "connect"
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| 84 | .fi
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| 85 | .PP
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| 86 | On the other end of the line, for example, the host at your local computer
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| 87 | center to which you want to transfer files, a typical profile might be:
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| 88 | .HS
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| 89 | .nf
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| 90 | .Cx "set rec packet 1000"
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| 91 | .Cx "set fil name lit"
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| 92 | .Cx "set fil type bin"
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| 93 | .Cx "server"
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| 94 | .fi
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| 95 | .HS
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| 96 | .PP
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| 97 | \fIKermit\fR has many other options and features. For a pleasant and
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| 98 | highly readable description of it, see the following book:
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| 99 | .HS
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| 100 | .in +0.25i
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| 101 | .nf
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| 102 | Title: Kermit: A File Transfer Protocol
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| 103 | Author: Frank da Cruz
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| 104 | Publisher: Digital Press
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| 105 | Date: 1987
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| 106 | ISBN: 0-932376-88
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| 107 | .fi
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| 108 | .in -0.25i
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| 109 | .HS
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| 110 | .PP
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| 111 | For information about recent \fIkermit\fR developments, versions for other
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| 112 | systems, and so forth, please contact:
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| 113 | .nf
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| 114 | .HS
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| 115 | .in +0.25i
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| 116 | Christine M. Gianone
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| 117 | Manager, Kermit Development and Distribution
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| 118 | University Center for Computing Activities
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| 119 | Columbia University
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| 120 | 612 West 115th Street
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| 121 | New York, N.Y. 10025
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| 122 | .in -0.25i
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| 123 | .HS
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| 124 | .fi
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| 125 | Over 400 versions of \fIkermit\fR are available, so it is likely there is one
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| 126 | for any computer your
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| 127 | .MX
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| 128 | system might want to talk to.
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| 129 | Columbia University also publishes a newsletter about \fIkermit\fR that can be
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| 130 | requested from the above address.
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