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In article <5274pd$a90@news.jhu.edu>,
Dzung Pham <pham@mashie.ece.jhu.edu> wrote:
: Does anybody have their version of Seyon set up to do kermit transfers?  
: I've tried using a simple 'kermit -r' in my protocols file but that doesn't 
: seem to work.
: 
I've never even seen Seyon, but:

 1. The current version of C-Kermit for Linux is 5A(190), soon to be
    replaced by 6.0, which is in Beta test.

 2. I assume you are dialing or Telnet'ing out with Seyon.  In that case,
    you have to pass the file descriptor that Seyon is using for the
    connection along to Kermit, using "-j n", where n is the numeric
    file descriptor (for a serial connection) or "-F n" (for a Telnet
    connection).

If Seyon does not give you a way to access and pass along the file descriptor,
but it starts up the Kermit program with its standard i/o redirected to its
(Seyon's) communications file descriptor, you can also experiment with the
following method, which worked here in brief tests on SunOS.  Instead of
having Seyon use "kermit -r" or "kermit -s filename" as its Kermit protocol
commands, use something like this:

  For serial connections:

    kermit -YqQj 0 -r                     <-- to receive
    kermit -YqQj 0 -s filename(s)         <-- to send one or more files

  For Telnet connections:

    kermit -YqQF 0 -r                     <-- to receive
    kermit -YqQF 0 -s filename(s)         <-- to send one or more files

Command line options:

  Y    - skip executing the init file
  Q    - use fast file transfer settings
  j 0  - transfer files using file descriptor 0 for a serial connection
  F 0  - transfer files using file descriptor 0 for a Telnet connection
  q    - quiet - no messages
  r    - receive
  s    - send

Version 6.0 is required for Q and F.  You can find the current 6.0 Beta at:

  ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/test/tar/cku192.tar.gz (or .Z)

Uncompress, untar, "make linux" (or whatever).

- Frank