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Article: 12458 of comp.protocols.kermit.misc
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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms,comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: ftp scripting
Date: 21 May 2001 17:01:10 GMT
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In article <3B0906FD.38F29EBB@ccagroup.co.uk>,
Chris Sharman <Chris.Sharman@CCAgroup.co.uk> wrote:
: I have a requirement for ftp scripting.
: I need to upload stuff, and on success rename it on both systems.
: I also need to download stuff (whatever's there), and on success delete
: it from the server, then do things with it locally.
: ...
: The new kermit (7.1 beta) looks promising, but doesn't seem to be
: prebuilt for VMS yet.
:
Yes, the new C-Kermit would do exactly what you want:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ftpclient.html
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ftpscripts.html
and no, it's not available for VMS yet. It's not just a simple matter of
building. A lot of code has to be written too, and this would have to be
done by a C programmer who is more intimate with VMS TCP/IP stacks, RMS,
and VMS FTP protocol extensions than I am. We don't want it to be just a
C-Library port of the UNIX version -- we want it to handle VMS as well as
native FTP clients do, but with all the added benefits (scripting,
automatic per-file text/binary-mode switching, recursion, character-set
conversion, etc). I've put out a number of feelers but so far nobody has
taken the bait (block that metaphor!)
There is definitely a demand. I hope someone can step up and fill in the
VMS particulars. C-Kermit 7.1 is here:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ck71.html
and the FTP module is:
ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/test/text/ckcftp.c
: The licence forbids commercial non-internal use
: too, without providing a pointer to a (presumably chargeable) commercial
: licence.
:
Yes, if you want to furnish Kermit software to customers or clients, you
need to license it. That's not a bad thing. You get money from your
customers and clients, we get money from you. It's like the food chain.
We all have to eat.
- Frank