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From: jrd@cc.usu.edu (Joe Doupnik)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Kermit 3.14 Binary file transfer after LYNX retrieval PROBLEM
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Date: 12 Apr 95 08:49:15 MDT
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In article <3mf4qv$jj@lester.appstate.edu>, JW2998@CONRAD.APPSTATE.EDU (Watson, John McClain ) writes:
> Hello. I am having trouble downloading binary files using Kermit
> *after* I retrieved the file using LYNX. I watch the file type status as
> the transfer begins and, although it starts out as binary, it quickly
> changes to a text transfer. I have checked and double-checked Kermit
> several time and have done everything I know. Does anyone have any
> suggestions? Thanks.
>
> McClain Watson
> JW2998@conrad.appstate.edu
> Appalachian State University
> Boone, N.C. 28608
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Which Kermits? We have difficulty answering questions which are vague.
The sending Kermit ultimately determines binary/text transfer mode
and tells the receiving Kermit about it via file attributes packets which
preceed each file. SET FILE TYPE BINARY is the command involved. The latest
Kermits have the facility to have clients tell servers (no matter which
way the file transfer will go) about their current text/binary state and
ask the server to use that state. This is the "whatami" protocol addition,
as we call it, and it is discussed in the release documentation for MSK
and C Kermit.
To ensure there is no misunderstanding you can say SET FILE TYPE
BINARY to both sides before conducting a transfer. Servers also normally
obey the REMOTE SET FILE TYPE BINARY command (from client, telling the
server how to behave).
Joe D.