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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: kermit for sco xenix
Date: 12 Mar 1998 22:46:56 GMT
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In article <6e9nig$npb$1@camel29.mindspring.com>,
John Brnich <jabr@mindspring.com> wrote:
: The following code crashes b4 the enter file name line with the
: message "line too long or contains nul characters". I can't find any
: unwanted characters using "vi". The set commands are accepted and it
: does ask for user name and password. What is wrong?
:
If the command does not contain any NUL characters, it must be too
long. C-Kermit's command buffer limits the size of macro definitions,
bracketed code blocks, etc. There are two solutions:
. Rebuild C-Kermit for your platform with the "large memory model":
make <whatever> KFLAGS=-DBIGBUFOK
. Break up your macro definitions or bracketed blocks into smaller
pieces.
If you have long { ... } blocks, try extracting sections from them, defining
them as macros, and then calling the macros from inside the blocks.
Version 6.1 eases the restriction on maximum lengths of many things, but
remember: the restrictions were there in the first place for a reason. On
old PCs (as you are likely to be running Xenix on), big programs tend to
make the poor computer swap itself to death, or worse.
- Frank