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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Subject: C-Kermit 7.0 Beta.06 Ready for Testing
Date: 19 Apr 1999 22:02:09 GMT
Organization: Columbia University
Message-ID: <7fg951$roj$1@newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu>
To: kermit.misc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu
In case you haven't seen C-Kermit 7.0 yet, it's described at:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ck70.html
Here is what's new in Beta.06:
General:
. PURGE, DELETE, DIRECTORY, and related commands now have consistent
switches for file selection and listing options.
. New notation for relative dates (+3days, -6months, yesterday, tomorrow)
now accepted in any command where a date can be given, e.g.
"delete /before:-5days *.txt" (or SEND, or DIR, or MOVE, etc).
. Ctrl-L at prompt clears the screen.
File Transfer:
. ADD SEND-LIST now defaults text/binary according to filename patterns.
Communications:
. New built-in modem type for Motorola Codex 326X Series (*).
. SET DIAL METHOD AUTO defaults tone or pulse by country code.
. Assorted Telnet protocol improvements.
(*) Last call for adding new built-in modem types to C-Kermit 7.0.
If there is a modem you would to have included, please contact me.
Scripting:
. Expanded command buffer length to allow bigger macros, variables, etc.
. New support for compound Boolean expressions.
. New Boolean operator != (arithmetically not equal).
. IF and XIF merged (so ugly XIF is no longer needed).
. New IF conditions: IF OPEN CONNECTION and IF OPEN CX-LOG.
. "kerbang" scripts now take arguments from the command line.
. New SCREEN command for screen clearing & cursor positioning.
. DIR /ARRAY:&a assigns file list to given array.
. \fword() and \fsplit() fixes and improvements.
. New math operator: prefix ! = logical (not bitwise) NOT.
. Improved diagnostics for function-related errors.
VMS:
. Now can receive files that have name-parts longer than 39 characters.
. Skewed autodownload fullscreen file-transfer display fixed.
Miscellaneous:
. Lots of work on Kerberos/SSL/TLS/etc (ask about this if you're interested).
. Various spurious "hints" removed, other hints improved.
. Cleaned up SCO makefile targets.
. Lots of new symbols for easier correction of compile-time problems.
. Closed a timing window in which ^C could cause a crash just after file xfer.
. Improved HELP texts.
New platforms:
. Stratus VOS! (Thanks to Dat Nguyen for building it.)
Bugs fixed:
. "get /etc/hosts x.x" didn't work (unless you were root :-)
. Broken streaming transfers on HP-UX when in remote mode.
. FAST, CAUTIOUS, and ROBUST commands were broken in Beta.05.
. Macro parameter substitution by empty values did not work.
. Kermit on HP-UX 8.00 thought it was in the background after CONNECT.
. SEND from SEND-LIST ignored the text/binary mode given in the ADD command.
. Local (automatic) arrays could become global under certain conditions.
. Several memory leaks plugged.
. Various glitches in IKSD.
To pick up a copy and/or for further details, visit the C-Kermit 7.0
web page:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ck70.html
Report problems to:
kermit-support@columbia.edu
- Frank