SET TRANSFER MODE MANUAL
SET FILE TYPE BINARY
SEND



A. Lewenberg wrote:
> I am having trouble getting Kermit to transfer some files in binary
> mode. Here is the setup:
>
> I am transfering some EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) files FROM my home
> Windows 2000 machine TO a Solaris 5.8 machine. The Windows machine is
> running Kermit 95 2.1.3 while the Solaris machine is running C-Kermit
> 8.0.209.
>
> I first connect to the Solaris machine using the ssh feature of Kermit
> 95. I start Kermit on the Solaris machine with the command "kermit
> -ix" and escape back to the Kermit 95 prompt and type at the prompt
> "SET FILE TYPE BINARY". I then type "send test.eps" and the file
> "successfully" transfers but the transfer window always indicates
> "File Type: TEXT (ascii => ascii)". I do not have a .kermrc in my home
> directory on the Solaris side.
>
> What do I have to do do force Kermit to send a file in binary mode?
>
> Thank you.

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On 2004-05-07, A. Lewenberg wrote:
: I am having trouble getting Kermit to transfer some files in binary
: mode. Here is the setup:
:
: I am transfering some EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) files FROM my home
: Windows 2000 machine TO a Solaris 5.8 machine. The Windows machine is
: running Kermit 95 2.1.3 while the Solaris machine is running C-Kermit
: 8.0.209.
:
: I first connect to the Solaris machine using the ssh feature of Kermit
: 95. I start Kermit on the Solaris machine with the command "kermit
: -ix" and escape back to the Kermit 95 prompt and type at the prompt
: "SET FILE TYPE BINARY". I then type "send test.eps" and the file
: "successfully" transfers but the transfer window always indicates
: "File Type: TEXT (ascii => ascii)". I do not have a .kermrc in my home
: directory on the Solaris side.
:
This is explained here:

http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ckermit80.html#x4

See especially the SET FILE SCAN command description. Briefly, the problem
is that the EPS file is a text file in its first 48K, which is all that
Kermit's file scanner looks at by default. After that, the file contains
a binary portion.

> What do I have to do do force Kermit to send a file in binary mode?
>
Lots of choices:

1. SEND /BINARY (force binary mode for this file)
2. SET FILE SCAN ON -1 (force full file scan)
3. SET TRANSFER MODE MANUAL, SET FILE TYPE BINARY, SEND
4. SET FILE SCAN OFF, SET FILE TYPE BINARY, SEND

If you include a /TEXT or /BINARY switch with a SEND command, this
overrides all other settings and forces the indicated transfer mode.
2-4 are explained in the above Web reference.

- Frank

Thank you very much. That seems to have solved it.


adam@macrotex.net (A. Lewenberg) wrote in message news:<6bd7331b.0405070413.749e75d1@posting.google.com>...
> I am having trouble getting Kermit to transfer some files in binary
> mode. Here is the setup:
>
> I am transfering some EPS (Encapsulated PostScript) files FROM my home
> Windows 2000 machine TO a Solaris 5.8 machine. The Windows machine is
> running Kermit 95 2.1.3 while the Solaris machine is running C-Kermit
> 8.0.209.
>
> I first connect to the Solaris machine using the ssh feature of Kermit
> 95. I start Kermit on the Solaris machine with the command "kermit
> -ix" and escape back to the Kermit 95 prompt and type at the prompt
> "SET FILE TYPE BINARY". I then type "send test.eps" and the file
> "successfully" transfers but the transfer window always indicates
> "File Type: TEXT (ascii => ascii)". I do not have a .kermrc in my home
> directory on the Solaris side.
>
> What do I have to do do force Kermit to send a file in binary mode?
>
> Thank you.