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From: Mark Sapiro <msapiro@value.net>
Subject: Re: MS-DOS Kermit, more capabalities
Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 14:01:00 -0800
Organization: Not Very Much
Message-ID: <38823F9C.B4A8C1DF@value.net>
To: kermit.misc@columbia.edu
In article <_Hag4.2677$NU6.52105@tw12.nn.bcandid.com>, cangel@famvid.com
writes:
>Jeffery Altman Wrote:
JA> From the web page
JA> http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/mskermit.html
JA> "The source code for MS-DOS Kermit is in the
JA> ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/a/
JA> directory. The filenames all start with "ms" and end
JA> with ".asm", ".h" and ".c"."
> Yes, I could see that individual portions of the code were there. I have
> found that most TCP/IP telecom packages are quite complex in the way that
> OBJ files are compiled and then finally linked to create the executable(s).
> For this reason many have embedded subdirectories and include a `makefile'
> that either contains multiple definitions for various compilers or at least
> can be edited for the compiler on hand at the time.
> I was under the impression this was more or less standard procedure for
> packages of this complexity.
The makefiles are there. For a complete descreption of the naming
conventions , etc. used in the MS-Kermit archive found in the
ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/a/ directory, READ the file
ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/a/msaaaa.hlp
> The fact that archives _do_ exist would indicate that at some point in time
> this was considered necessary. Both archives being in unusual formats is a
> bit out of the ordinary. The `boo' format being non-standard and as I've
> said no apparent decoder for `boo' anywhere in sight.
For more than you ever wanted to know about .boo files, READ
ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/a/msbaaa.hlp
Among other things, this will tell you which of the files in the
ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/a/ directory are .boo decoders (there
are several). Note however, that none of the .boo files in this
directory contain MS-Kermit source. That is not the purpose of .boo
files.
> Anyone care to expand on the reason(s) why a binary archive cannot be made
> available for MSKermit source code?
If you actually want the source code, it's all there for you to obtain.
If you just want to whine about how it's packaged, I think this group is
tired of hearing about it.
--
Mark Sapiro <msapiro@value.net> The highway is for gamblers,
San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan