Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!ucla-cs!ucla-ma!pinyon!young From: young@pinyon.math.ucla.edu (Brian Young) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.modems Subject: Re: Where is kermit 5.0 (3.10?) Message-ID: <1991Apr19.052752.5843@math.ucla.edu> Date: 19 Apr 91 05:27:52 GMT References: Sender: news@math.ucla.edu Reply-To: young@agsm.ucla.edu (Brian B. Young) Organization: UCLA Mathematics Department, SS Computing. Lines: 96 In article kevin@modcomp.uucp (Kevin Smith) writes: >Does anyone here know where I can get a hold of the source for >Kermit 5.0 either by phone, mail or FTP site? > >Kevin Smith uunet!modcomp!glsdev!kevin The latest version of Kermit is 3.10. I got it from one of Columbia's anonymous ftp sites a few weeks ago, but I don't recall the address. Below is Kermit's U. S. post address and telephone number. I've also appended some useful information from KERMSRV@CUVMA. Good luck! Kermit Distribution Columbia University Center for Computing Activities 612 West 115th Street New York, NY 10025 USA Telephone: (212) 854-3703 :READ KERMSRV INFO A1 SRV191 04/19/91 01:02:38 KermSrv Release 5.0F (5 Feb 90) KERMSRV is a file-server for Columbia University's Kermit Distribution files. KERMSRV accepts commands via messages, spool files, or mail. Most spool file formats are accepted including those used by SENDFILE, NOTE, PUNCH, PRINT, CARD or DISK DUMP commands. At most 10 KERMSRV commands can be specified in each spool file. The following commands are accepted: SEND, PUNCH, PRINT, DISK, CARD, BITSEND, and MAIL. These commands expect a file name or "DIR" or "?" as an operand. The DIR operand accepts an optional file name also. Three letter abbreviations of these commands are also accepted. File names may contain * or % wildcard characters, but the filename portion may not consist of those characters only. For example, use PUNCH IK0* and PUNCH IKC* commands to have all files for KERMIT-CMS punched to you. If the filetype is omitted * is assumed; a filetype can be specified immediately following the filename separated by blanks or a period. For example, MAIL IKC*.ASM and MAIL IKC* ASM are the same commands. If you use wildcards in the filename portion, at least 3 non-wild characters must exist in the filename. If the PUNCH command is used, files with lrecl 80 or less will be PUNCHed, all others will be DISK DUMPed. If the PRINT command is used, files with lrecl 132 or less are PRINTed, all others are sent via SENDFILE. Use the SEND, CARD, DISK, or BITSEND commands to receive files in SENDFILE, CARD DUMP, DISK DUMP, or BITRCV formats, respectively. Please note that PRINT and SENDFILE formats are the most efficient methods to use because Kermit files are kept in V-format. CARD DUMP format is only useful to those who have access to Cornell's CARD program. If BITSEND is used, the files are sent using SLAC's BITSEND program and must be received using BITRCV. If the MAIL command is used the files are sent via the standard system MAIL interface; files with lrecl larger than 80 cannot be sent via mail. In addition to those commands mentioned above, KermSrv accepts the DIR command and returns the requested directory listing as a spool file. The format of the resulting spool file is determined by the request type. If the request is received as a message, the directory listing is sent as messages if there are only a few files which match the file name, and as a punch file otherwise. If the DIR request was received in a mail file, the response is sent as a mail file also. DIRECTORY, LISTFILE, LF, INDEX, FL, FLIST, and FILELIST, as well as any 3 letter abbreviations of these, are accepted as synonyms for DIR. HELP or INFO commands return this document which is always kept up to date as new KermSrv functions are implemented. NEWS command returns information about latest features and changes in KermSrv. Some files may appear more than once in the directory listing because Kermit files are stored in multiple directories (minidisks). If you are unfamililar with the naming conventions for Kermit files, request the file AAFILES.HLP. KermSrv will always respond with some message indicating an error or confirmation. If your request was received as a spool file, error messages are sent in a spool file. Command lines longer than 60 characters are ignored. An identical command from the same user can only be processed after five minutes of inactivity. These rules are enforced to avoid runaway message and file traffic between KermSrv and another service machine, and to eliminate duplicate requests from the same impatient user. Furthermore, following BITNET guidelines, large files (over 80K) are shipped overnight unless they are BITSENT. 9pm-6am Eastern Time is considered night-time for file service. KermSrv will also retry sending files once an hour after the night-time starts if there were any problems with shipping them. RSCS file transmission priority is based on file size: 50 for small (under 16K), 55 for medium and large files. The overhead for DISK DUMP and PUNCH commands are included in the file size computation; the actual file size is used for other methods. We recommend that you request Kermit files using BITSEND. Send comments to VVVCU@CUVMB via mail.