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Article: 14260 of comp.protocols.kermit.misc
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From: Derek Chen-Becker <dbecker@cpicorp.com>
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Changed behavior of receive/transmit move-to
Date: Fri, 02 May 2003 08:01:11 -0500
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Jeffrey Altman [Road Runner NYC] wrote:
...
> Unless the user explicitly requests that the directory be treated as
> relative to the current working directory at the time of file transfer
> the specified path must be treated as referring to a fixed location.
>
> We should not intentionally be adding features to Kermit which are going
> to hurt people who do not happen to know every in and out of the program.
>
> If deferred evaluation is a necessity, then it must be implemented
> either with a new command or a switch. If you do not want to deal with
> the difficulties of parsing a switch prior to the filename parse it
> afterwards.
>
> SET {SEND, RECEIVE} MOVE-TO <path> {/DEFERRED-EVALUATION} {/CREATE-DIR}
>
This was actually my original request (for a flag for deferred eval). I
agree that if this behavior is not what was expected in the past then it
needs to be explicitly requested.
Thanks,
Derek
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Derek Chen-Becker
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