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From: alexander <awgabis@juno.com>
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: File transfer from Linux to Win XP over USB - basic questions
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:39:38 -0700 (PDT)
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Howdy: I'm contemplating the purchase of a notebook computer that
runs some version of Linux. Possibly Linpus. The task at hand is to
set up a cable connection between the notebook and my desktop PC,
which is running Windows XP, over which I can simply and easily
transfer files (mostly text, but perhaps binary as well) on a fairly
regular basis -- every other day or so.
Questions:
1) Are there versions of Kermit available (say, like, on the Columbia
U. site http://www.columbia.edu/kermit) that support this operation?
1a) If there is a ver that works under Linux (or one of its
manifestations), would it be necessary to recompile it from source on
my particular system?
2) What sort of cabling would I need to do this? I know nothing about
USB connections at all -- whether they even support this sort of
application. I probably will not have an RS-232 serial port on the
notebook, but I understand that there exist adapters that will connect
USB to an RS-232 wire. Would such a contraption mess up the kermit
operation?
3) Does anyone know about file format compatibility issues between
Linux and Windows? Do I have to worry about whether, say, a text file
or an RTF file created on the Linux side would even be readable/system-
compatible with the Windows XP OS? In particular, compatible with
the Windows file system -- NTFS style. One would hope that the Kermits
on each end would somehow handle this transparently.
thanks
Alex