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From: shair@uiuc.edu (Bob Shair)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: kermit for IBM AS/400s???
Date: 30 Jan 1995 07:31:27 GMT
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jaltman@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Jeffrey Altman) writes:
>In article <3gf0f7$pkf@empire.texas.net>,
>David J. Moczygemba <davidm@texas.net> wrote:
>>In article <3gdup1$i0h@apakabar.cc.columbia.edu>, jaltman@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Jeffrey Altman) says:
>>
>>Thank you for the confirmation. The AS/400 is running OS/400.
>
>Well, then the only thing I can recommend is that you use IND$FILE as
>the file transfer protocol. Use it to move the file to some intermediary
>machine which can support both Kermit and IND$FILE. An OS/2 box with
>Communication Manager/2 and C-Kermit for OS/2 would do.
>
>You should then be able to send a request to a C-Kermit Server on the OS/2
>machine to get a file from the AS/400. This would be in the form of a
>REXX command. After the download to OS/2, you would then perform a GET
>on the intermediary file.
That sounds like a workable solution to the problem. I'd be inclined to
recommend using ftp (of TCP/IP) rather than IND$FILE for the OS/2 to AS/400
link if performance is an issue.
--
Bob Shair Open Systems Consultant
1018 W. Springfield Avenue shair@uiuc.edu
Champaign, IL 61821 217/356-2684