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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Subject: Re: How to get Kermit to cooperate with Minicom
Date: 1 Apr 2000 18:31:37 GMT
Organization: Columbia University
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To: kermit.misc@columbia.edu
In article <38E52FCD.24263B60@NOSPAMhotmail.com>,
Dan <dmanon@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote:
: Am trying Kermit out but I cannot get it to cooperate with Minicom.
: Kermit keeps exiting because it senses the lockfile put on my modem by
: Minicom. How can I get the 2 to co-exist so I can use kermit to recieve
: files from my remote host?
:
First of all, you don't have to use Minicom at all. If you let Kermit
handle the entire process from dialing out to hanging up, there will be no
conflicts.
If you give Kermit the name of a serial device (like /dev/ttyS1), it tries
to open it, which in Unix includes creating a UUCP lockfile. If another
process has the device open, Kermit can't create the lock so the open
fails. That's how Unix dialout programs have to work.
But if all you want to do is invoke Kermit as an external file transfer
protocol, then you should be able to do this simply by not specifying the
dialout device or serial speed ("baud rate"), and choosing "IO-Red",
meaning "minicom should attach the program's standard in and output to the
modem port."
By the way, you might find that G-Kermit:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/gkermit.html
makes a better external Kermit protocol than C-Kermit.
- Frank