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  1. Article: 14260 of comp.protocols.kermit.misc
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  3. From: Derek Chen-Becker <dbecker@cpicorp.com>
  4. Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
  5. Subject: Re: Changed behavior of receive/transmit move-to
  6. Date: Fri, 02 May 2003 08:01:11 -0500
  7. Organization: CPI Corporation
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  24.  
  25. Jeffrey Altman [Road Runner NYC] wrote:
  26. ...
  27. > Unless the user explicitly requests that the directory be treated as
  28. > relative to the current working directory at the time of file transfer
  29. > the specified path must be treated as referring to a fixed location.
  30. > 
  31. > We should not intentionally be adding features to Kermit which are going
  32. > to hurt people who do not happen to know every in and out of the program.
  33. > 
  34. > If deferred evaluation is a necessity, then it must be implemented 
  35. > either with a new command or a switch.  If you do not want to deal with
  36. > the difficulties of parsing a switch prior to the filename parse it 
  37. > afterwards.
  38. > 
  39. >  SET {SEND, RECEIVE} MOVE-TO <path> {/DEFERRED-EVALUATION} {/CREATE-DIR}
  40. > 
  41.  
  42. This was actually my original request (for a flag for deferred eval). I 
  43. agree that if this behavior is not what was expected in the past then it 
  44. needs to be explicitly requested.
  45.  
  46. Thanks,
  47.  
  48. Derek
  49.  
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  52. Derek Chen-Becker
  53. Senior Network Engineer
  54. CPI Corp, Inc.
  55. 1706 Washington Ave
  56. St. Louis, MO 63103
  57. Phone: 314-231-1575 x6014
  58. Fax:   314-613-6724
  59. dbecker@cpicorp.com
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