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Article: 13211 of comp.protocols.kermit.misc
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From: "Tim Stowe" <testowe at data hyphen innovations dot com>
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
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Subject: Re: Attribute Packet Definition?
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 08:29:55 -0500
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You, sir, are a gentleman and a scholar...
Thanks for the information - that should be enough.
-Tim
"R. Tim Coslet" <R_Tim_Coslet@pacbell.net> wrote in message
news:B88E00F2.2716%R_Tim_Coslet@pacbell.net...
> > From: "Tim Stowe"
> > Organization: Newshosting.com - Highest quality at a great price!
> > www.newshosting.com
> > Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
> > Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2002 11:06:02 -0500
> > Subject: Attribute Packet Definition?
> >
> > Hi, all...
> > I'm trying to implement the "A" (attribute) packet, but haven't been
> > able to find any documentation on how it's supposed to be laid out. Any
> > ideas?
>
> The definition appears on p. 272 of "Kermit, A File Transfer Protocol"...
>
> Each attribute consists of 3 fields:
> Attribute: 1 byte ASCII ID
> Length: 1 byte ASCII Length of Data offset to printable character
> Data: Length bytes ASCII Value
>
> As many attribute fields as can fit in a packet may be sent in one packet
> and as many packets as needed to send all the attributes may be sent (as
> long as they are sent before any data packets).
>
> There are 17 attributes defined (more might have been defined since the
book
> was published):
>
> ! Length Value sent as decimal number in K (1024 bytes)
>
> " Type Data type of file
>
> # Creation Date "[yy]yymmdd[ hh:mm[:ss]]
>
> $ Creator ID ASCII string
>
> % Account ID ASCII string
>
> & Area to store file ASCII string
>
> ' Password ASCII string
>
> ( Block Size
>
> ) Access ("N"ew, "S"upersede, "W"arn, "A"ppend)
>
> * Encoding ("A"SCII, "E"BCDIC, "X" Encrypted, "H"ex, "3" for 2,
"4"
> for 3, "Q" Huffman)
>
> + Disposition
>
> , Protection Code
>
> - Protection Code (World)
>
> . Machine & OS of origin (Long list of available code omited)
>
> / Format of the data in the packets
>
> 0 Special system dependant parameters
>
> 1 Exact byte count as stored on sender
>
>
> I left out alot of detail on some of the more complex attributes.
>
> Which do you need information on (I can't imagine a Kermit that would
> support ALL of them).
>
> --
> R. Tim Coslet
> r_tim_coslet@pacbell.net
>
> Technology, n. Domesticated natural phenomena.
>