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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
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Subject: Re: Kermit for OpenVMS
Date: 23 Oct 1997 20:59:09 GMT
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> I hope you don't mind me E-mailing you directly, but I have been unable to
> find this information anywhere else.
>
I mind it when your return address doesn't work. Since it does not, I am
posting the reply on the relevant newsgroups.
> What I need to do is to be able to transfer binary and text files from one
> OpenVMS machine to another via a modem connection. We have used Kermit in
> the past...
>
Which Kermit? Which version?
> ... but abandoned the practice when we realised that the product did
> not automatically hang-up the connection on exit. Some of our users
> repeatedly forgot to manually hang-up, and as a result on one occasion we
> had a 72-hour long distance call, as well as many other calls lasting
> nearly as long!
>
So did you report this to us at the time?
When Kermit exits, no matter how it exits, this forces VMS to close all files
and devices that Kermit had open. If it has a serial port open, closing the
port causes DTR to go down -- in VMS I believe this lasts for at least 3
seconds -- and that, in turn is supposed to tell the modem to hang up the
phone call. If this doesn't work, it has nothing to do with Kermit; it's more
likely because your modem is misconfigured.
> Does the lastest Kermit for OpenVMS auto-hang-up - or can it be made to do
> so by an average programmer or user?
>
C-Kermit now has all sorts of safeguards and hangup procedures beyond what the
OS provides. But you STILL have to configure your modem correctly if you want
all of this to work.
. C-Kermit will warn you if you try to exit with an open connection.
. C-Kermit will send the modem's hangup command, like ATH0, upon normal exit,
unless otherwise instructed.
etc etc.
The current version of Kermit for VMS is C-Kermit 6.0:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ck60.html
- Frank