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From: jaltman@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Jeffrey Altman)
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Subject: Re: Unwanted beeps
Date: 11 Oct 1998 20:08:12 GMT
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In article <6vog5k$51k$1@eskinews.eskimo.com>,
Jim Osborn <jimo@eskimo.com> wrote:
:
: My kermit script beeps at me, seemingly whenever it experiences a
: change of flow, and it makes me think it's beeping on any failure.
: I have lots of "if fail goto retry" statements and every one seems
: to produce a beep, although there are no beeps or Ctl-Gs or any
: such statements anywhere in the script.
:
: Is there a switch I can set to ask for silence on error? I assume
: Kermit is somehow unhappy and beeps to announce the fact, but I
: really need it to be quiet, so I can hear the real beep my ISP
: gives me once the whole thing succeeds. I haven't been able to
: find mention of such a switch in the manual, but I'm hoping I've
: somehow missed it, or it's there but undocumented.
:
: C-Kermit 6.0.192, 6 Sep 96, for Linux
:
: Thanks in advance
: jimo@eskimo.com
Most likely you have an error in the script which is causing the
commands to be parsed as invalid. If this is in a loop or is repeated
throughout your script you will get lots of beeps.
Jeffrey Altman * Sr.Software Designer * Kermit-95 for Win32 and OS/2
The Kermit Project * Columbia University
612 West 115th St #716 * New York, NY * 10025
http://www.kermit-project.org/k95.html * kermit-support@kermit-project.org