On Monday 13 December 2004 01:16 pm, Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. wrote: <snip> > > And, on that line of thought, I suppose that kermit is a/the > canonical piece of software, traditionally speaking; but last I > looked, it was a significant time investment unless you just pick up > things like that automagically. Featureful, though; but not part of > base. > > But, we'll soon have every alternative listed in this thread > if we keep redefining "reasonable", which is a rather subjective > term, I suppose ... > > Kevin Kinsey
One of our vendors only supports dialing in via hyperterminal and the use of kermit for file transfers; but my transfers always (no exaggeration) aborted with a message referring to "too many errors". I now use kermit in FreeBSD; and finish regularly with 0 errors, a fast transfer and no headache. I'm haven't learned a lot about kermit because its basic use meets my needs. Some cool tips: 1. I execute ssh from within kermit to use kermit's file transfer capabilities over a secure connection. 2. You can script kermit for periodic chores. For example, I use the short script below to dial the vendor mentioned above using a modem at cuaa0: #!/usr/local/bin/kermit set modem type acer-v90 set line /dev/cuaa0 set speed 57600 set dial connect on dial 1-999-999-9999 Best of luck, Andrew Gould _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
