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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: How I kermit files over tcp/ip?
Date: 9 Jun 1995 15:44:55 GMT
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In article <3r7opo$ng8@hustle.rahul.net>, Dan Bikle <dbikle@rahul.net> wrote:
: Normally, I transfer files (between unixes) over tcp/ip using ftp.
: But, I'm at a site where I have 2 problems
:
: -the initial ftp login is very slow (5 minutes!)
: -the connection closes after 900 seconds of inactivity
:
: Also, I can't connect directly to other sites. I need
: to ftp a gateway machine which asks me where I want to
: establish an ftp connection. So I tell it and then I
: get to wait. So, I'm thinking...
: how about if I telnet to the site (initial login takes about 30sec),
: and then use kermit to transfer files back and forth?
:
: Have you got this to work (between 2 unixes)?
:
Of course.
UNIX C-Kermit is a full telnet client, which (unlike telnet itself) is
also capable of transferring files, and (also unlike telnet itself) can
be programmed to do everything automatically, using its script language.
Thus, if you connection take a long time, you don't have sit there
impatiently waiting for the login process to complete -- just write a
script program to do it, start it up, and go out to lunch while it runs.
For further information, see our Web site at:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/
- Frank