How to add Kermit file transfer protocol support to Synchronet v3
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By: Rob Swindell (digital man)
http://www.synchro.net
$Id: kermit.txt,v 1.7 2004/11/16 17:48:06 deuce Exp $
The information in this file is current as of the date above. The instructions
in this file may change over time, so be sure to get the current version of
this file at:
http://cvs.synchro.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/docs/kermit.txt
Win32
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Install MS-DOS Kermit v3.16 beta if you haven't already:
ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/test/bin/msk316.zip
Other versions of MS-DOS Kermit can be found here:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/mskermit.html
Extract msk316.exe into your Synchronet EXEC directory and rename it to
kermit.exe.
Download the latest Synchronet kermit.ini into your EXEC directory:
http://cvs.synchro.net/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/~checkout~/exec/kermit.ini
Add a new protocol in SCFG->File Options->Transfer Protocols:
Mnemonic (Command Key) K
Protocol Name Kermit (MS-DOS Kermit)
Access Requirements !UNIX
Upload Command Line %!kermit -f %!kermit.ini receive %f
Download Command Line %!kermit -f %!kermit.ini send %f
Batch UL Command Line %!kermit -f %!kermit.ini receive
Batch DL Command Line %!kermit -f %!kermit.ini send @%f
Bidir Command Line
Uses DSZLOG No
UNIX
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Install G-Kermit (gkermit) on your system if you haven't already:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/gkermit.html
Make sure gkermit is in a directory in your search path (e.g. /usr/bin).
Add a new protocol in SCFG->File Options->Transfer Protocols:
[File Transfer Protocol]
1: Mnemonic (Command Key) K
2: Protocol Name Kermit (G-Kermit)
3: Access Requirements UNIX
4: Upload Command Line gkermit -q -P -r -a %f
5: Download Command Line gkermit -q -P -s %f
6: Batch UL Command Line
7: Batch DL Command Line gkermit -q -P -s %s
8: Bidir Command Line
9: Uses DSZLOG No
Add "gkermit" to SCFG->External Programs->Native Program List.
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v3.10 and earlier versions of Synchronet could not dynamically-generate
transfer protocol menus, so newly-added protocols will not appear unless
you manually add the new protocol to your text/menu/*prot.asc file(s).
v3.11 and later can display dynamically-generated menus, so if you're running
this version or later and have the files text/menu/*prot.asc, you can delete
them and have new protocols automatically appear on the dynamic menus.
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For a different Kermit setup (Win32 only) which offers more user options, see
http://public.sogetel.net/bicephale/MSK.INI
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