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From: jejones@mcrware.UUCP (James Jones)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os9
Subject: Re: msdos -> os9
Keywords: transmit procomm
Message-ID: <6459@mcrware.UUCP>
Date: 13 May 91 14:51:27 GMT
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Reply-To: jejones@mcrware.UUCP (James Jones)
Organization: Microware Systems Corp., Des Moines, Iowa
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In article <12127@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> hartlemp@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Michael P Hartley) writes:
>   I am having some trouble transfering files from an MS-DOS machine to
>a DEC rainbow running OS/9, via kermit.  The problem is that on the dos machine
>the files are fine, but after transfer, the files on the OS/9 machine are not
>correct.  All of the return characters have been replaced with control-J's.  
>since ^J is a backpace, this really screws up attempts to replace them with
>returns at the os/9 end.   Any suggestions?

control-J isn't backspace (that's control-H).  control-J, if I remember rightly,
is line feed.  MSDOS uses CRLF for end of line, OS-9 uses CR.

Kermit takes care of that conversion, unless you explicitly tell it not to.
When you're sending text files, *don't* type "set file mode binary" at either
Kermit, and don't use i or -i on the Kermit command line.

	James Jones