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From: jrd@cc.usu.edu (Joe Doupnik)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Kermit Waiting ...
Message-Id: <1995Aug29.123550.60013@cc.usu.edu>
Date: 29 Aug 95 12:35:50 MDT
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In article <41ur8a$4ns@news.Ieunet.ie>, ebairead@login.ieunet.ie (Eoin Bairead) writes:
> I've a Kermit .ini file on a PC (3.14) which automatically LOGS IN to a VAX,
> kicks of a (fairly) long job, and then GETs the job's output through a SERVER
> command on the VAX.
>
> The VAX job can take 1 minute (optimal) or 10 minutes (backup running)
>
> VAX KERMIT is kicked off in SERVER mode as soon as it finishes.
>
> My .INI commands are
> output \64LONGJOB\13 ; @LONGJOB
> input 9999 machine. ; get the "machine." prompts
> input 10 machine. ; from VAX KERMIT
> get OUTPUTFL.DAT ; get the VAX output
>
> what happens is that I get the File Transfer screen showing WHILE THE VAX JOB
> IS STILL RUNNING, and the File Transfer process falls over for retries.
>
> Am I doing something wrong.
>
> LONGJOB.COM finishes up with
> $ KERMIT SERVER ! KERMIT is a symbol - $SYS$SYSTEM:KERMIT
>
> thanks
> Eoin Bairead
> Dublin
> Ireland
----------
SET INPUT ECHO ON to watch what the VAX sends to the PC. Also look
at CLEAR INPUT-BUFFER to ensure old text is not stumbled over. IF SUCCESS
commands are useful to separate cases of success and timeout failures.
Joe D.