Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!ucselx!bionet!agate!darkstar!ucscf.UCSC.EDU!isbell From: isbell@ucscf.UCSC.EDU (Art Isbell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.next Subject: Re: X and Kermit questions Summary: Kermit redial script Keywords: kermit, redial Message-ID: <14770@darkstar.ucsc.edu> Date: 20 Apr 91 20:22:26 GMT References: Sender: usenet@darkstar.ucsc.edu Organization: very little -- only me! Lines: 25 In article aberno@questor.wimsey.bc.ca (Anthony Berno) writes: >I have two little questions that I thought I would ask the world: > >First, does anyone know how to make Kermit do auto-redial of a modem? This >seems really trivial in theory, as Kermit has lots of neat features, but try >as I might, I can't make the friggin' thing auto-redial to save my life! > I implement auto-redial with the following kermit-5A script in my .kermrc: define redial - :loop, - dial \%1, - if failure goto loop Then to dial in auto-redial mode, type (or insert within another remote-host-specific script in .kermrc) "redial ". Should you wish to terminate the redialing before a connection is made, type the emergency escape sequence, "^C^C". -- _____ ____ Art Isbell |\ | | | | \ 315 Moon Meadow Lane NeXT Registered Developer | \ | ___ |____| | | Felton, CA isbell@ucscf.UCSC.EDU | \ | |___| | \ | | 95018-9442 (408)438-4736(B) | \| |___ | \ |___/ (408)335-1154(H)