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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
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Subject: Re: Q: How to back up a DOS box to UNIX via Kermit?
Date: 31 Jul 1998 21:35:50 GMT
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In article <slrn6s4abl.ha5.charlie@pc.antipope.org>,
Charlie Stross <charlie @ nospam . antipope . org> wrote:
: I've got two machines talking happily via Kermit (but no other
: protocols -- direct serial connection). I want to back up the DOS
: box, including all subdirectories, into a directory on the UNIX
: system. However, when I try
:
: GET /recursive /binary c:\*.*
:
: on the UNIX end, it dumps all the files it receives into the current
: directory!
:
: Is there some magic switch I can use to tell Kermit to create
: intermediate directories as needed, or is there a script somewhere
: to do just that? I want to preserve the directory structure of the
: DOS box when making the backup ...
:
You need C-Kermit 6.1 and MS-DOS Kermit 3.16 for this -- both currently
in Beta test. Is that what you have? Did you read the release notes
for both Beta versions on recursive transfers?
- Frank