Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!pilchuck!toad!jgray From: jgray@toad.pilchuck.Data-IO.COM (Jerry Late Nite Gray) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: How to binary Kermit in Procomm Message-ID: <694@pilchuck.Data-IO.COM> Date: Fri, 11-Sep-87 00:56:23 EDT Article-I.D.: pilchuck.694 Posted: Fri Sep 11 00:56:23 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 12-Sep-87 11:37:56 EDT References: <10193@duke.cs.duke.edu> <75800051@uiucdcsp> Sender: news@pilchuck.Data-IO.COM Lines: 41 Summary: the host end of binary kermit transfers In article <75800051@uiucdcsp>, lanier@uiucdcsp.cs.uiuc.edu writes: > > If you're using Kermit, type alt-s to get to the setup screen. From there, > select 3 to get to Kermit options. Option 8 sets the file type to either > binary or text. > > Hope this helps. > > Chris Lanier > lanier@p.cs.uiuc.edu Just thought I'd add that the above is correct and was the first thing I tried some months ago when I first failed to get binary kermit transfers to work. It turned out that simply using "kermit -r " for uploads and "kermit -s filename" for downloads from our Unix system was inadaquate and the "-i" option was required to force the Unix kermit to deal with the file "as is". Without the option I believe it was doing line-feed and carriage return substitutions as god knows what else Jerrold L. Gray UUCP:{ihnp4|caip|tektronix|ucbvax}!uw-beaver!tikal!pilchuck!jgray USNAIL: 10525 Willows Road N.E. /C-46 Redmond, Wa. 98052 (206) 881 - 6444 x470 --------------- Jerrold L. Gray UUCP:{ihnp4|caip|tektronix|ucbvax}!uw-beaver!tikal!pilchuck!jgray USNAIL: 10525 Willows Road N.E. /C-46 Redmond, Wa. 98052 (206) 881 - 6444 x470 Telex: 15-2167