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From: fdc@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Subject: Re: Sending directories and subdirectories
Date: 2 Jul 1999 16:43:14 GMT
Organization: Columbia University
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To: kermit.misc@columbia.edu
In article <fADf38gVdB2X092yn@iafrica.com>,
Danie van Zyl <danman@iafrica.com> wrote:
: I have the C-Kermit book, but must be overlooking the obvious. I want to
: send the content of a drive, (directories and subdirectories) from one
: machine to another useing Kermit 95. What is the right command. I can
: send files by using send without any problem.
:
The normal approach is to collect the contents of the drive into a ZIP
or tar archive and then send that. But of course, this approach has
drawbacks:
. It assumes you have a place to put the archive (on each end).
. It assumes the receiving computer has the same file formats as
the sending one, and the appropriate de-archiving program.
C-Kermit 7.0, which is in Beta test:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ck70.html
and K95 1.1.18 (which is based on C-Kermit 7.0, but which is not out yet)
addresses both. It can either:
. Send from a pipeline and receive to a pipeline, thus obviating the need
for temporary storage space for the archive file (in the scenario where
the two computers are the same kind).
. Send a directory tree, descending through it recursively, switching
between text and binary mode automatically on a per-file basis, and
recreating the directory structure and files on the receiving end, when
the platforms are not alike. (Or when they are alike, in which binary
mode can be used for all files unless character-set translation is
needed.)
Watch the Kermit newsgroups for announcements of the new releases.
In the meantime, for Windows-to-Windows transfers, use ZIP files if you
have the temporary storage space. See:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ulinks.html
for links.
- Frank