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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Subject: Re: Small mystery
Date: 21 Feb 1999 20:59:45 GMT
Organization: Columbia University
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To: kermit.misc@mailrelay2.cc.columbia.edu
In article <wToz2.11$F03.108@news3.voicenet.com>,
Christopher Mosley <cmosley@voicenet.com> wrote:
: In various versions of mskermit/and on different computers when using
: the kermit prompt to dial a number, I sometimes get the message
: "cannot find dialing dir" (may not be exact message). After using the "cd"
: command without arguments on the kermit command line - the dialing directory
: _is_ found. Also I think the kermit command "cd ." (not a very sensible
: command) accomplishes the same thing. I have never noticed a pattern, that
: is something I have done previously that ensures that this error will
: occur or not occur. I always run kermit from the dir c:\kermit that
: contains the bin, dialups.txt, init files and the sub dirs: modems,
: pcfonts etc. (the dir you would have if you unzip the full 3.14). Although
: I am using 3.15 now.
:
: This is really more of a mystery than a problem.
:
If you are using the standard MSKERMIT.INI, the dialing directory file name
is kept in the variable, _DIALFILE, which you can refer to (and which the
LOOKUP macro, used internally by DIAL, refers to) as \m(_dialfile). But since
this is a DOS filename, typically "C:\KERMIT\DIALUPS.TXT", the fact that it
contains backslashes might (should not, but might) cause some confusion.
What happens, when a failure occurs, if you type "echo \m(_dialfile)"?
- Frank