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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Upload file attributes problem (bug)???
Date: 5 Jun 1997 15:25:52 GMT
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: HELP!
:
Please don't post 47K debug logs to the newsgroup -- that's what
kermit-support@columbia.edu is for.
: Problem:
: --------
: Using Kermit Protocol in Hyperterminal (v1.1 or v3.0, NT4.0 WkSt SvcPk3) to
: upload a PC file created on 6/1/2038 to a UNIX machine (Solaris 2.4, Ckermit
: v6.0) will create a file dated 2/1/1970.
: (To duplicate the problem, simply use the 'date' command to set your PC
: date, create a file and then upload it.)
:
: However, using Kermit Protocol in MS-DOS Kermit (v3.14, DOS 6.22) to upload
: a file created on 6/1/2038 to the same Solaris 2.4 machine has no problem.
: The file will create with the current date, which is 6/1/1997.
:
So then Hyperterminal is busted. Case closed.
: Is there a way to solve this problem on the ckermit 6.0 side ?
:
No.
: For me, I can simply touch the file after I upload, but that may not be
: acceptable by some end-users who do not check their PC clock date but
: blame it on Kermit.
:
: At the end of this post, I have included the output of the 'stat' command
: on the two files and the debug log on the two files when I upload. Hope
: that helps.
:
It helps us diagnose the problem, but not the other readers of this newsgroup.
When you upload with Hyperterminal:
Attributes for incoming file [hyp30.txt]
length in K=0
file type[]=0
creation date[19700201 00:00:07]=17
When you upload with MS-DOS Kermit:
Attributes for incoming file [km314.txt]
length in K=1
file type[AMJ]=3
creation date[20380601 03:31:18]=17
Hyperterminal tells C-Kermit the file date is 1970. It also gets most of
the other attributes wrong. C-Kermit is behaving exactly as it should, and
the only way it can. You can work around the problem by telling C-Kermit
to "set attributes off" when receiving files from Hyperterminal.
Moral: if you want to use Kermit protocol, use real Kermit software, which
is written by people who care enough about it to get it right.
- Frank