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Article: 12860 of comp.protocols.kermit.misc
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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Problems With File Transfer And Scripting
Date: 18 Oct 2001 16:26:45 GMT
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In article <23521c90.0110180757.535238d3@posting.google.com>,
Juan Sutton <jcsutton@usa.com> wrote:
: I need to connect to approximately 360 voice mail servers (running
: UNIX System V/386 Release 3.0 80486) and transfer one small file (500
: bytes) from each machine back to an AIX box for processing. I am
: using an external NEC 9635 E modem to dial each of these servers. The
: modem type I am using is "generic-high-speed".
:
: The versions of C-Kermit being used are as follows:
:
: C-Kermit 7.0.196, 1 Jan 2000, for IBM AIX 4.3
:
This is current and supported, but is soon to be replaced by version 8.0
(see below).
: C-Kermit, 4C(058) 19 Mar 86, Unisys PulsePoint Communications
:
This is FIFTEEN AND A HALF YEARS OLD, hacked by somebody other than us
without telling us about it, and therefore obviously not supported.
: I am running into a few problems trying to get this to work.
:
: 1) While trying to transfer a file, I am getting timeout errors (e.g.
: Last Error: Timeout 13 sec) on some boxes. This occurs even when I
: attempt to manually login and transfer the files (with Kermit of
: course).
:
You can adjust timeouts, retry limits, and so forth to be more tolerant
of bad connections. See Chapter 10.
: 2) On other boxes, this happens:
: kermit -s SLBHCAXF.4AD
: , Sz* @-#Y1~^
: ?Read file not open
: (Then the script exits)
:
: I can manually login (using Kermit) and issue the same command and the
: file will transfer okay.
:
I'd have to see the script.
: 3) Finally, how do I force \ffiles to work on the remote system.
: I need to be able to read the file names on the remote system but,
: \ffiles is reading the file names on the local machine.
:
You would have to put C-Kermit 7.0 or later on it, put it into server
mode, and then use REMOTE QUERY FILES and then REMOTE QUERY NEXTFILE in
a loop on the client (AIX) machine to get the list.
Let's work on getting a modern Kermit version installed on the SVR3
systems. Your query comes at a good time, since we are just getting
ready to release C-Kermit 8.0 and have a small time window to make any
changes necessary to get it running on those systems:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ck80.html
Alternatively, you could install G-Kermit on them:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/gkermit.html
since they do not have to call out.
Once you get a modern version of Kermit working on the voicemail servers,
it should not be a big deal to install it on all of them, since you are
calling them up with Kermit anyway. For this reason, you might want to
start with G-Kermit because it so small. Follow the directions on the
Web page for downloading and building it, and use "make sysv".
On the other hand if you want your AIX Kermit script to be able to query
Kermit on the voicemail servers, you'll need to put C-Kermit on them.
Download the source archive and try "make sys5r3". This hasn't been tried
for a quite a few years so there will probably be errors, in which case
just send them to me and we'll get it working.
: P.S. This is my first Kermit project. I have purchased "Using
: C-Kermit" to get me started.
:
It's always nice to win converts :-) If you have more questions or
need help, just ask. If you want to take it offline, send e-mail to
kermit-support@columbia.edu.
- Frank