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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Subject: Re: Trouble with AS-NAME switch in SEND
Date: 18 May 1999 13:24:29 GMT
Organization: Columbia University
Message-ID: <7hrpmd$o9h$1@newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu>
To: kermit.misc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu
In article <7hqm9l$rq4$1@newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu>,
Jeffrey Altman <jaltman@watsun.cc.columbia.edu> wrote:
: In article <7hqhmo$g9f$1@vixen.cso.uiuc.edu>,
: Adam H. Lewenberg <adam@symcom.math.uiuc.edu> wrote:
: : [E:\] remote set file names literal
: : [E:\] set file names literal
: : [E:\] send /AS-NAME:README readme
: :
: : (Kermit now gives me the send screen where I see README => README =>
: : readme)
: :
: : Why is it converting the filename to lower case?
:
: Because of the many older file systems which only supported Upper case
: file names Unix C-Kermit converts an all upper case file name to lower
: case even when file names are literal.
:
By default.
: What you are seeing above is the K95 is translating from "README" to "README"
: and then C-Kermit is translating the file name to "readme".
:
To fix, also tell the other Kermit (C-Kermit in this case) to "set file
names literal".
Also, note that "send /as-name:blah" overrides the FILE NAMES setting -- the
as-name is always sent exactly as you specify it.
- Frank