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  5. From: mgflax@panix.com (Marshall G. Flax)
  6. Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
  7. Subject: Re: Receive File Protection with Server
  8. Date: 8 Dec 1995 11:46:12 -0500
  9. Organization: Currently, _extremely_ disorganized
  10. Lines: 18
  11. Message-Id: <4a9q4k$460@panix.com>
  12. References: <4a33vl$2cu@dub-news-svc-2.compuserve.com>
  13. Nntp-Posting-Host: panix.com
  14. Apparently-To: kermit.misc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu
  15.  
  16. In article <4a33vl$2cu@dub-news-svc-2.compuserve.com>,
  17. Rich Godlewsky  <76412.156@compuserve.com> wrote:
  18. >Is it possible to tell kermit that the file being received can not be 
  19. >accessed by any other application?  Note, MS Word does this when editing 
  20. >a file contary to Windows NotePad which allows others to access and 
  21. >delete a file while being edited.
  22.  
  23. The most reliable way of doing this is to change the client's operation
  24. from:
  25.    put filename
  26. to:
  27.    put filename tempfile
  28.    remote kermit rename tempfile filename
  29.  
  30. marshall
  31.  
  32. -- 
  33.                   [Marshall G. Flax -- mgflax@panix.com]