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From: bak@csd-v.UUCP (Bruce)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Kermit Unix-pc file transfers
Keywords: NCR, Tower
Message-ID: <195@csd-v.UUCP>
Date: 4 Jun 88 17:10:19 GMT
References: <697@cstowe.csoft.co.nz> <7086@watdragon.waterloo.edu> <132@limbic.UUCP>
Reply-To: bak@csd-v.UUCP (Bruce)
Organization: Computer Systems Design, Sandy Hook, Ct.
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In article <132@limbic.UUCP> gil@limbic.UUCP (Gil Kloepfer Jr.) writes:
>In article <7086@watdragon.waterloo.edu> sekoppenhoef@dahlia.waterloo.edu (Shawn E Koppenhoefer) writes:
>|>I am having enormous difficulty trying to transfer a file to and from 
>|>the Unix mainframe and my external pc computer. I've logged in through

>|>IT WON'T DO IT!!
>
>I have had some problems using C-Kermit on my UNIX-pc transfering files from
>it to a VAX (running VMS).
>
>I found that the parity was set inconsistently on the two machines (this is
>the SET PARITY {ODD EVEN NONE MARK SPACE} command).  When both machines were
>set identically, kermit worked just peachy.

Also make sure that both machines have been set for binary transfer if
that is the kind of file that you are using.  And finally make sure
that the file name is of a valid format for both systems. E.g. 
filename.abc;13 is not a valid unix file name ( too long ).  Otherwise
use converted filenames (i.e. names are converted to a format acceptable
by MS-DOS which is valid for both VMS and UNIX).  The commands:

	C-kermit>set file binary
and
	C-kermit>set file names [converted | literal]

work on my version of kermit.  Happy hunting.
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