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From: kay@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: binary file transfer using kermit
Message-ID: <703.26dd0352@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com>
Date: 30 Aug 90 17:15:14 GMT
References: <1990Aug30.005001.2910@NCoast.ORG>
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In article <1990Aug30.005001.2910@NCoast.ORG>, atul@NCoast.ORG (Atul Parulekar) writes:
> I don't know what I am doing wrong, but cannot seem to transfer binary files
> from another computer (PDP 11/73) to an HP 9000/370 running HP-UX ver 6.2.
> I tried setting the file type to fixed on the PDP.  The PDP kermit was in the
> server mode and I tried getting the files on the HP.  I also tried sending files
> from the PDP and receiving them on the HP.  No success.
> ASCII files transfer correctly.  Any suggestions?

I've never used Kermit on a PDP or HP system but under VMS and on IBM PCs
Kermit has the comand

 SET FILE TYPE BINARY

The default transfer type is ASCII that's why ASCII files transfer correctly.

--
Jim Kay
kay@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com