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Article: 13010 of comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Message-ID: <3C0ABA43.20004@adelaide.edu.au>
Date: Mon, 03 Dec 2001 10:03:23 +1030
From: Arthur Marsh <arthur.marsh@adelaide.edu.au>
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Subject: Re: Problems with C-Kermit, modems, Unix, dialling....
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Maybe this is time to ask for yet another feature for C-Kermit - an
interface to the system(3) call, which is part of XPG4 Unix. That way,
serial board-specific command line utilities (such as Stallion's bcstty)
could be run from within C-Kermit when kermit is defined as the login
shell (system(3) is supposed to use sh and not the login shell from what
I've read of the manual pages). NOPUSH should disable this of course,
and there may be other security concerns to think about, but it would
give C-Kermit some extra functionality and the ability to do more with
serial hardware without having to know more about the hardware specifics.
Arthur.
fred smith wrote:
> Frank da Cruz <fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu> wrote:
>
>>In article <3c075082.1810713@news.ision.net.uk>,
>>Rob S <robatwork@REMOVEmail.com> wrote:
>>
>
>>: We use C-Kermit v6 on SCO...
>>:
>>SCO what?
>>
>
> <snippage>
>
>>: Now we have some really wierd issues though...
>>:
>>Before looking at the weird issues, let's try version 8.0. If you still
>>have them, get back to us, and this time include details about the modem
>>type and SCO version.
>>
>
> And you may also wish to know if it's a 'builtin' serial port (i.e.,
> a native PC port) or some third-party add-in serial port. Many of these
> do not behave identically to a standard PC serial port, come with thier
> own utilities for managing port parameters (so that in some cases, at
> least, setting parameters using the normal ioctls doesn't do the right
> thing) or other weirdness. I know just enough about these things (from
> having been subjected to one or two of 'em at work) to know I'd avoid
> them if there were any way.
>
> Fred
>
>
>>- Frank
>>
>
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