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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: very basic question
Date: 6 Jun 1995 12:49:05 GMT
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In article <3r03mv$85e@emerald.tufts.edu>,
Barbara Alarie <balarie@emerald.tufts.edu> wrote:
>Thomas David Nichols (helios@netcom.com) wrote:
>: Karen McEneaney (karenm@netcom.com) wrote:
>
>: : How do I tell kermit that my file is a binary file?
>: : If I just use "send" and "get", I get a bad packet
>: : error over and over.
>
>The kermit command is: set file type binary
>
Actually, "set file type binary", although it is needed
for transferring binary files, affects only the format
of the file after transfer. If there are errors during
the transfer -- "bad packets", retransmissions, etc --
that is a different issue.
The most common cause of failure to transfer files,
especially binary files, is that the communication path
does not pass through the 8th bit. The cure is to tell
one or both Kermit programs to:
SET PARITY SPACE
(or other value, other than NONE).
- Frank