Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site rochester.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!rochester!ken From: ken@rochester.UUCP (Ken Yap) Newsgroups: net.micro.apple,net.micro.68k,net.unix Subject: Re: Help wanted for Kermit on Lisa Xenix Message-ID: <5096@rochester.UUCP> Date: Thu, 3-Jan-85 11:48:28 EST Article-I.D.: rocheste.5096 Posted: Thu Jan 3 11:48:28 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 4-Jan-85 05:10:55 EST References: <5008@rochester.UUCP> Reply-To: ken@rochester.UUCP (Ken Yap) Organization: U. of Rochester, CS Dept. Lines: 22 Xref: watmath net.micro.apple:1552 net.micro.68k:503 net.unix:3216 Summary: A while back I asked if and how Kermit under Xenix could send out a break signal. As far as I can tell, and no one has contradicted this, Xenix ioctl(2) calls don't include the capability of sending breaks. The general suggestion was to fake a break by setting the line to the lowest possible speed, send out some nulls or dels, and hope the machine at the other end will treat the framing errors resulting as a break. Unfortunately, I have to report that this didn't work with the machine I had on the other end, a HP3000. C'est la vie. I think its ugly to use out-of-band signals to interrupt programs, don't you? (BTW, before some HP wizard starts flaming me, I should mention that ctrl-Y works for most programs, but not listf, the directory lister.) Next question: do the HP wizards out there know if some control character can be designated to interrupt all programs? The usual e-mail and summarize offer, as always. -- Ken Yap UUCP: (..!{allegra, decvax, seismo}!rochester!ken) ARPA: ken@rochester.arpa USnail: Dept. of Comp. Sci., U. of Rochester, NY 14627. Voice: Ken!