Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!csn!boulder!boulder!rainer From: rainer@boulder.Colorado.EDU (Rainer Malzbender) Subject: Re: Problems with kermit (was Transfer files between PC and IRIS) Message-ID: <1991Apr9.215159.518@colorado.edu> Sender: news@colorado.edu (The Daily Planet) Nntp-Posting-Host: rhubarb.colorado.edu Organization: /usr/local/lib/rn/organization References: <1991Apr8.163047.9040@odin.corp.sgi.com> <1991Apr9.132543.6472@zoo.toronto.edu> Distribution: usa Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1991 21:51:59 GMT In article <1991Apr9.132543.6472@zoo.toronto.edu> martin@zoo.toronto.edu (Martin Hofmann) writes: >I have however noticed a problem using wild cards in transfers. The problem >occurs when I try invoke server mode on the IRIS and then get *.c. The error I don't use server mode. Just type 'kermit -s *.c' on the Iris. The shell will expand the wild cards. Add the "-p e" option to set even parity (wrong parity causes problems for people around here about once a day), and "-i" if you want to transfer binary files. The whole process requires less typing than server mode. -- Rainer Malzbender Dept. of Physics (303)492-6829 U. of Colorado, Boulder rainer@boulder.colorado.edu 128.138.240.246