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From: fdc@fdc.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
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Subject: Re: Receiving files "automatically"
Date: 1 Nov 1994 16:30:32 GMT
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In article <DRW.94Nov1095927@runge.mit.edu> drw@runge.mit.edu (Dale R.
Worley) writes:
> I'd like to know if there's any way that I can get (MS-)Kermit to
> receive a file "automatically" when the remote end runs a Kermit that
> is attempting to send a file. As far as I can tell, right now once I
> start the remote Kermit sending, I have to get out of CONNECT, and
> then manually issue a RECEIVE command, then reconnect. This seems
> quite pointless, so probably there is a way to make it all happen
> automatically. But I haven't been able to find it in the
> documentation.
>
Yes, there is a way. Please read about the APC command in the KERMIT.UPD
file.
> Also, is there a "dial this number and connect me to it" command?
> So far, I have been stuck doing a CONNECT and then manually issuing
> ATDT to the modem.
>
Use the DIAL macros and dialing directory that come with MS-DOS Kermit.
Read about them in the same KERMIT.UPD file.
The DIAL macro does not CONNECT automatically. This is so it can be
imbedded in other macros. If you want to DIAL and CONNECT in a single
operation, define a macro to do this:
define online dial \%1, connect
> And why is it that Kermit comes with almost no documentation? Or is
> the rumor that Kermit is "free" just a front for selling books?
>
Somebody else please respond to this one.
>
> Dale Worley Dept. of Math., MIT drw@math.mit.edu
> --
> Does the name "Pavlov" ring a bell?