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- The following reflects Kermit-10 version 3(123).
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- New features and changes in Kermit-10
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- There have been a number of new features which have been added to Kermit-10.
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- 1. The "SET PROMPT xxx" command has been added.
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- 2. When running as a user Kermit (i.e., talking to a server), it is
- possible to access all of the generic command functions (REMOTE
- commands) that were specified in edition 4 of the protocol manual.
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- 3. When Kermit-10 is running as a remote Kermit (i.e., transferring over a
- terminal other than the controlling terminal line), typing a control-A
- will give a single status line, typing a control-D will toggle
- debugging on or off, and typing a carriage return will force a timeout
- (usually causing a NAK or retransmission).
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- 4. There is now a SET SERVER-TIMER command to set the period for NAKs to
- be sent when the server is idle. If this value is set to zero, the
- server will only send out NAKs if it receives a bad message. This is
- useful when the Kermit on the other end cannot clear its buffers.
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- 5. It is now possible to assign a terminal other than the jobs controlling
- terminal as the default device for file transfers. If the logical name
- "KERMIT" is assigned to a terminal, that terminal will be the default
- device for all transfer operations (and for the CONNECT command). This
- acts as if a "SET LINE KERMIT:" command was given upon startup.
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- 6. Kermit-10 should now work correctly on non-network systems.
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- 7. A few bugs in wild-card file specification processing have been fixed.
- Kermit-10 should now handle pathological and ersatz device names
- correctly.
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- 8. A TAKE command has been added. Note that a file being "TAKEn" cannot
- contain TAKE commands, since OPRPAR does not handle more than one level
- of indirection.
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- 9. A DEFINE commands has been added. This allows macros to be defined for
- collections of setable parameters. Any items which can be SET with the
- SET command can be used within a macro definition. Commas are used to
- separate parameters. The SET command can also now take multiple
- parameters separated by commas.
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- 10. The SET FILE-BYTE-SIZE and SET FILE-WARNING commands have been changed
- to SET FILE BYTE-SIZE and SET FILE WARNING. This is both to make the
- commands easier to type (SET F B instead of SET FILE-B), and to allow
- for the new command SET FILE NAMING. The new command specifies how
- file names being sent and received are to be treated. The possible
- arguments are:
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- 1. FULL-FILE-SPECIFICATION - include the device name and path in any
- file name being sent. When receiving a file name, do not do any
- special processing on the name before trying to use it as a file
- name.
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- 2. NORMAL-FORM - include only the file name and extension (no device
- or path) in any file name being sent. Convert any non-alphanumeric
- characters to "X". When receiving a file specification, convert
- any non-alphanumeric characters to "X".
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- 3. UNTRANSLATED - include only the file name and extension when
- sending a file name, do not change any characters in the file name
- or extension. When receiving a file specification, do not do any
- special processing on the name before trying to use it.
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- 11. The KL10 only instructions (ADJBP's) have been replaced with more
- acceptable ones. This should make Kermit-10 run on KI10s without
- problems.
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- 12. When running as a server Kermit, some of the generic command functions
- are processed. The following generic server commands (REMOTE commands)
- are supported in server mode (and as LOCAL commands):
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- 1. CWD - Change working directory. The default path for the job will
- be set to the path supplied as an argument. Any password supplied
- is ignored. If no arguments are supplied, the default path is set
- to that which was in effect when Kermit-10 was started (not
- necessarily the user's PPN).
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- 2. DELETE/ERASE - Delete files. The files specified by the (possibly
- wildcard) file specification supplied as an argument are deleted.
- For each file that matches the file specification Kermit-10 will
- reply with the file specification and size of file (in blocks).
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- 3. DIRECTORY - List directory. The files which match the file
- specification supplied as an argument are listed along with their
- size (in blocks) and their creation dates.
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- 4. HELP - Give help message. Kermit-10 will reply with a help message
- indicating which server commands are supported, and what the
- arguments should be. Any argument to the HELP command are ignored.
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- 5. SPACE - Show disk space usage. Kermit-10 will reply with a message
- indicating the amount of space in use and amount remaining with
- respect to logged in and logged out quotas, and total free space
- remaining on the structure. If no argument is given, the values
- will be listed for all structures for the user's PPN.
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- 6. STATUS - Status of Kermit-10. Kermit-10 will reply with a message
- that indicates the amount of data that has been sent or received.
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- 7. TYPE - Type a file or files. The file specification supplied may
- be wild-carded.
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- 13. The LOG command has been added to support log files. There are
- currently two types of log files implemented - SESSION and DEBUG. The
- SESSION log is used in connection with the CONNECT command to log all
- characters which are being typed on the user's terminal. The DEBUG log
- is used for debugging output (when debugging is enabled). The LOG
- DEBUG command is an alternative to the previous SET DEBUGGING-LOG, but
- does not enable debugging output. With both types of log files, the
- user may specify whether the file should supersede an already existing
- file by the same name, or append to it. Since Kermit-10 only opens the
- file during either a connect session (the SESSION log) or a file
- transfer transaction (the DEBUG log), it will switch to appending to
- the file after it has initially opened it.
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- Kermit Sources
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- The following describes the various source files which make up Kermit-10. The
- names used are those which are normally used when Kermit-10 is distributed along
- with other Kermits. Before using these files, the "K10" prefix must be changed
- to "KER" (i.e., K10MSG.MAC ==> KERMSG.MAC). Note that the .BLI files are common
- to Kermit-10, VAX/VMS Kermit-32, and Pro/Kermit. In certain cases, the
- K10xxx.BLI files may only contain a pointer to the actual file containing the
- full source (for example, K10MSG.BLI may say "The complete source may be found
- in VMSMSG.BLI.").
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- Common BLISS source modules:
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- 1. K10TT.BLI - Common BLISS source for the terminal text output support.
- This module produces K10TT.MAC.
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- 2. K10GLB.BLI - Common BLISS source for the global storage for K10MSG.BLI.
- This module produces K10GLB.MAC.
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- 3. K10MSG.BLI - Common BLISS source for the protocol handling module.
- This module produces K10MSG.MAC.
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- 4. K10COM.REQ - Common BLISS require file which defines various common
- parameters. This is required by K10MSG.BLI. This must be renamed to
- KERMSG.BLI.
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- The following files are specific to Kermit-10:
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- 1. K10UNV.MAC - Definitions of common symbols. Must be renamed to
- KERUNV.MAC.
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- 2. K10MIT.MAC - Command parser, basic support routines for file and
- terminal I/O.
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- 3. K10WLD.MAC - Wild-card file processor (derived from WILD).
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- 4. K10SYS.MAC - System interface routines. This contains system dependent
- routines for K10MSG for handling various server commands.
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- 5. K10MSG.MAC - Protocol handling module. This is actually produced by
- BLISS-36 from K10MSG.BLI.
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- 6. K10MSG.MAI - KI10 verison of K10MSG.MAC. This contains no KL10 only
- instructions.
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- 7. K10GLB.MAC - Global storage used by the message processing.
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- 8. K10ERR.R36 - BLISS-36 require file needed by K10MSG.BLI to define the
- error codes passed between the protocol module and the rest of
- Kermit-10. This file must be renamed to KERERR.R36.
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- 9. K10TT.MAC - Terminal text output support routines for the protocol
- module. This are used for debugging output as well as file
- specification and packet number typeout. This file is generated by
- BLISS-36 from K10TT.BLI.
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- 10. K10TT.MAI - KI10 version of K10TT.MAC.
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- 11. K10MIT.RNH - RUNOFF (DSR) source for Kermit-10 help file.
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- 12. K10MIT.HLP - Help file for Kermit-10. This is formatted for the OPRPAR
- help subroutine.
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- 13. K10MIT.CCL - Command file for Link-10 to load Kermit-10.
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- The following files are included only if the distribution path supported full
- 36-bit binary files.
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- 1. K10MIT.EXE - Executable version of Kermit-10 for KL10 based systems.
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- 2. K10KIT.EXE - Executable version of Kermit-10 for KI10 based systems.
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