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From: Frank da Cruz <fdc@columbia.edu>
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Can Kermit check for a timeout condition or set one ?
Date: 24 Nov 2003 20:32:32 GMT
Organization: Columbia University
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In article <f0bb0f39.0311241204.2faa2067@posting.google.com>,
newexpectuser wrote:
: I am using ssh to connect to a server via a Kermit Script.
:
: I don't want the script to still be running if it cannot connect, can
: Kermit check for a successful connection or a timeout condition and
: after this timeout, to give a message "Cannot connect...check other
: server".
:
Internet connections will time out eventually if they can't be made.
The timeout occurs in the TCP/IP stack, not in Kermit. The SET HOST
command will fail eventually.
- Frank