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From: jaltman@watsun.cc.columbia.edu (Jeffrey Altman)
Subject: Re: K95 & Polling script
Date: 29 Sep 1999 13:29:46 GMT
Organization: Columbia University
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To: kermit.misc@columbia.edu
In article <7st1ls$vju$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
quertyq@hotmail.com <quertyq@hotmail.com> wrote:
: Good Morning:
:
: I am running Kermit 95 ver 1.1.17, and I just noticed on the kermit
: web site that the "set file incomplete discard" and the
: "set server idle timeout" functions may not be functional or
: conditionally functional until the next version.
As a registered user you may request access to beta builds that
include fixes to bugs that interfere with your use of the program.
: I am writing a polling program, so these 2 functions are quite
: important to the program. In the instance of "set server idle
: timeout", it was recommended to "set reliable off". What does that
: do to the program? ( I could not find that setting anywhere in the
: manual )
Information on SET RELIABLE and Kermit Protocol Streaming mode is
available in the "Updates to Using C-Kermit 2nd Edition" that ships
on disk with Kermit 95. Streaming mode improves performance by
removing the ability to retransmit a Kermit packet if it has been
damaged. This mode can only be used successfully if the underlying
transport mechanism is reliable (it won't loss or re-order data).
TCP/IP is such a transport layer. When streaming is used in 1.1.17
all timeouts are disabled therefore the IDLE-TIMEOUT cannot be
detected.
Under what circumstances are you using a SERVER idle timeout on a
TCP/IP connection? If you are concerned about the SET FILE INCOMPLETE
DISCARD bug with its interaction with SET CARRIER-WATCH then you
are not using TCP/IP connections.
: Is there any news when that new version or patch may be?
The next version of Kermit 95 will not be released until after
C-Kermit 7.0 is finalized. We do not have additional information
beyond that.
: Is this just Kermit 95 that is affected ( as opposed to C-Kermit
: running on a UN*X platform )?
The current C-Kermit 7.0 Beta does not suffer from either of these bugs.
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