Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ncar!asuvax!mcdphx!mcdchg!tellab5!fayne From: fayne@tellabs.com (Jeffrey Fayne) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Sending files from Unix -> Ibm-Pc (8088) using Kermit Message-ID: <4158@tellab5.tellabs.com> Date: 12 Oct 90 12:34:29 GMT References: <1338@ul-cs.ulowell.edu> <1990Oct10.222602.19848@mks.com> Sender: news@Tellabs.COM Organization: Tellabs, Inc. Lisle IL Lines: 44 In article <1990Oct10.222602.19848@mks.com> andy@mks.com (Andy Toy) writes: > >Make sure you have the parity set properly. >One other important setting for kermit on UNIX is > > set file type binary >or > set file type text > >whichever is apropriate for the type of files you are transferring. >`set file type text' automatically does \n <--> \r\n conversion >between UNIX and DOS. >-- As long as were talking about it. Is this 'normal' for UNIX kermit? : I have 'set file type binary' in my .kermrc file. If I send a file via the command line: kermit -s fname kermit sends it as a text file (even though .kermrc says otherwise). If I send a file while UNDER kermit: send fname Kermit sends as a binary (uses .kermrc setting). If I want to send a binary file via the command line, I must use the -i switch to force binaries. This drove me crazy for the longest time (.zip files kept reporting an illegal zip file when unzipped). Why doesn't kermit commands invoked via the command line use .kermrc? - Thanks Jeff -- _____________________________________________________________________________ F-14 | _ | | Jeffrey M. Fayne Tomcat | /^ ^\ | | Tellabs, Inc. Lisle, IL 60532 ____________|_( . )_|____________ | 708-512-7726 FAX:708-852-7346 --*/--|_| (___) |_|--\*-- | fayne@tellabs.com * O O * fjs | #include _____________________________________________________________________________