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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
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Subject: Re: C-Kermit, directory name being ignored on GET
Date: 19 Feb 1997 00:05:03 GMT
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In article <5ecll4$5oc@fidoii.cc.lehigh.edu>,
Stephen G. Roseman <lusgr@chili.CC.Lehigh.EDU> wrote:
: I'm not sure if this is a bug or a feature. The section in ckc192.upd on
: RECEIVE and GET directory changes is a bit obscure.
:
: Setup: PC (MS-DOS kermit 3.14) sitting in SERVER mode.
: Unix (C-Kermit 6.0.192) runs a script to get a file from the PC, and
: store it locally. The GET command is run without parameters, and prompts for
: the remote and local file names. eg:
:
: [/j/lusgr] C-Kermit>get
: Remote file specification: kermit.exe
: Local name to store it under: /tmp/frog.exe
:
: stores the file "frog.exe" in the local directory, not in /tmp.
:
This one is sort of halfway between a bug and a feature. Pathnames
are ignored (stripped) when receiving files unless you tell C-Kermit to:
SET RECEIVE PATHNAMES ON
However, when you take the trouble to specify a pathname for the incoming
file in your GET command, this should override the RECEIVE PATHNAMES
setting, since you can do the same thing in a RECEIVE command without any
trouble. In any case, SET RECEIVE PATHNAMES ON is the workaround.
: [/j/lusgr] C-Kermit>get
: Remote file specification: c:\util\kermit.exe
: Local name to store it under: frog.exe
:
: doesn't find the file on the PC end.
:
Jeff answered this one previously: it's the clash between backslash as a
special character in Kermit commands, and its use as a directory separator
in DOS-like file systems. Whenever you need to specify a backslash in a
remote filename, use two:
get c:\\util\\kermit.exe
: The directory names are being ignored. This process worked with C-Kermit 5.
:
Evidently the price of progress :-)
- Frank