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Article: 14230 of comp.protocols.kermit.misc
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From: "Will Martin" <will_m@novax.com>
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: File Transfer as Backup from Xenix 2.3.4 to WinOS
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 13:36:00 -0700
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Thanks, you've given me ideas, and more questions.
"Frank da Cruz" <fdc@columbia.edu> wrote in message
news:b863j8$hfe$1@watsol.cc.columbia.edu...
> In article <ofnpa.182462$vs.18609662@news3.calgary.shaw.ca>,
> Will Martin <squares@shaw.ca> wrote:
> : ...
> : We have a Xenix 2.3.4 box that I need to backup files off of onto the NT
> : network. Files are regularly created, changed, or deleted from the data
> : areas. The Xenix box is date-windowed as well, so some files have
current
> : year, some current -28.
> : ...
> : Based on the date of the file I need to ensure the update to the NT
system
> : is accurate; all of the files affected by date windowing are not
updating to
> : the NT box with the date from the Xenix system. The above script simply
> : tries to set file collision to "backup" for any files whose year is less
> : than the date windowed year, and to update for all others.
> :
> : The problems at this time:
> : 1. For "remote set file collision update" I receive an invalid set
> : parameter message.
> :
> You didn't say which version of Kermit you are using Xenix, and which
> Kermit program and version is on the other end. It sounds like one or
> the other doesn't support this command. Current versions of C-Kermit and
> Kermit 95 support both the client and server end of this command:
K95 2.1.3 and CK 8.0.209. If I've read correctly, both are the most recent
versions.
>
> : 2. The receiving system is not getting the date attribute correctly;
the
> : date windowed files are all being received as current year, which
prevents
> : simply updating them.
> :
> What Kermit program and version does the receiving system have?
K95 2.1.3. It appears to be text file transfers that have this difficulty. I
know I can
override the file type setting and will attempt this today.
>
> : 3. I'm not familiar enough with file/date manipulation to change the
file
> : creation date in Xenix through kermit. This would be a clean solution. I
> : have read many sections of "Using C-Kermit" and the varied and
plentiful
> : addenda available on the columbia site.
> :
> Date arithmetic is easy in Kermit, e.g.:
>
> date \fdate(filename)+28years
>
> but at present there is no way to tell Kermit to change a file's creation
> date, or to lie about it in the file attribute packet. I'll add this
items
> to my to-do list to consider for a future release.
>
> - Frank
Thanks Frank. Is it possible for me to query the receiver/server, check
if the next file exists, get its date to a variable, and then compare with
the file on the sender? If possible, it gives a relatively clean comparison
method.
Will