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From: drw@runge.mit.edu (Dale R. Worley)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Receiving files "automatically"
Date: 8 Nov 94 11:07:35
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In article <39m861$bob@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu> fdc@fdc.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz) writes:
But if one looks up the DIAL command in KERMIT.HLP, one sees "See
KERMIT.UPD". So it should not be that hard to figure out.
Hmmm... Just checked my KERMIT.HLP (version 3.13, gotten from
watsun.cc.columbia.edu, I think, but I can't check right now, its FTP
server is hosed), and it doesn't say that, although it does mention
the DIAL command in passing at one point.
Like most other DOS programs, Kermit needs to know where its ancilliary
files are so it can behave in a consistent way no matter what directory
you start it from. What would you have it do -- a "find file" over all of
your disks?
Have KERMIT.EXE know where to look, as is universal in Unix software.
You wouldn't even have to make it configurable, since everything
assumes that Kermit will be in C:\KERMIT.
The installation instructions are excruciatingly simple:
Make a directory for the Kermit files, and then add that directory to your
DOS PATH. See the READ.ME file in the MS-DOS Kermit 3.14 ZIP file.
Yes, but I have Kermit 3.13, and the READ.ME doesn't warn you that you
have to modify your PATH. I will grant that it does tell you to read
KERMIT.HLP, but that is a little long for installation instructions.
The preceeding, of course, is for the benefit of those who want to use the
software but don't want to consult the manual. We don't get a lot of
complaints from Kermit users who *do* have the manual.
If I wanted to buy the manual for a telecomm program, I'd go to my
local software store and buy Procomm.
Dale
Dale Worley Dept. of Math., MIT drw@math.mit.edu
--
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