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From: jhurwit@netcom.com (Jeffrey Hurwit)
Subject: Configurable APC checking in next MSK release?
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I've written a script to automate an exchange of files between my Unix
account (running C-Kermit 5A(190)) and my PC (running Kermite 3.14 PL
6). It seemed best to run it on the Unix side (since it will be
launched along with C-Kermit from a shell script), and control the PC
Kermit with APC commands. To make the script work, I also needed to
write a small macro for the PC side (to be launched with an APC
command) that would check for a file, and tell the C-Kermit script
whether it exists or not. This would not work until I set APC
unchecked on the PC Kermit, because apparently the output command is
not considered safe to use in a script or macro that is invoked with an
APC command. I don't really like running Kermit on my PC with APC
unchecked, but I don't know of any other way this little macro can tell
the C-Kermit script whether or not the file exists without use of
output commands.
For the next release of MS-Kermit, would it be feasible to make it
possible for the user to define a list of safe (or unsafe) commands for
APC checking, perhaps to work in a way similar to setting control
character prefixing?
Thanks in advance for your consideration,
Jeff