kermit configuration file

Rick Stevens rstevens at vitalstream.com
Tue Feb 21 22:59:43 UTC 2006


On Sun, 2006-02-19 at 15:46 -0800, Bob Kinney wrote:
> I've searched high and low for an answer to this; hopefully somebody here can 
> help.
> 
> I'm trying to get kermit to read two commands from a .mykermrc file in my home
> directory:
> 
> SET LINE /dev/ttyS0
> SET CARRIER-WATCH OFF
> 
> I also have an identical .kermrc.
> 
> For some reason, the SET LINE command does not work.  
> 
> [bob at micron ~]$ kermit
> /var/lock
> C-Kermit 8.0.209, 17 Mar 2003, for Red Hat Linux 8.0
>  Copyright (C) 1985, 2003,
>   Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York.
> Type ? or HELP for help.
> (/home/bob/) C-Kermit>show file
> 
>  Transfer mode:           automatic
>  File patterns:           automatic (SHOW PATTERNS for list)
>  File scan:               on 49152
>  Default file type:       binary
>  File names:              converted
>  Send pathnames:          off
>  Receive pathnames:       auto
>  Match dot files:         no
>  Wildcard-expansion:      kermit
>  File collision:          backup
>  File destination:        disk
>  File incomplete:         auto
>  File bytesize:           8
>  File character-set:      ascii
>  File default 7-bit:      ascii
>  File default 8-bit:      latin1-iso
>  File UCS bom:            on
>  File UCS byte-order:     little-endian
>  Computer byteorder:      little-endian
>  File end-of-line:        lf
>  File eof:                length
>  File download-directory: (none)
>  Send move-to:            (none)
>  Send rename-to:          (none)
>  Receive move-to:         (none)
>  Receive rename-to:       (none)
>  Initialization file:     /home/bob/.kermrc
>  Root set:                (none)
>  Disk output buffer:      32768 (writes are buffered, blocking)
>  Stringspace:             500000
>  Listsize:                102400
>  Longest filename:        255
>  Longest pathname:        4096
>  Last file sent:          (none)
>  Last file received:      (none)
> 
>  Also see:
>  SHOW PROTOCOL, SHOW XFER, SHOW PATTERNS, SHOW STREAMING, SHOW CHARACTER-SETS
> (/home/bob/) C-Kermit>show comm
> 
> Communications Parameters:
>  Line: /dev/tty, speed: unknown, mode: remote, modem: generic
>  Parity: none, duplex: full, flow: none, handshake: none
>  Carrier-watch: off, close-on-disconnect: off
>  Lockfile directory: /var/lock
>  Typical port device name: /dev/ttyS0
> 
> Modem signals unavailable
> 
> Type SHOW DIAL to see DIAL-related items.
> Type SHOW MODEM to see modem-related items.
> 
> (/home/bob/) C-Kermit>
> 
> 
> If I rename .kermrc to hide it, the CARRIER-WATCH line changes to the 
> system default of "auto".
> 
> 
> Using FC3 on kernel 2.6.12-1.1381_FC3.
> 
> Anyone have any advice?

First, swap the "SET CARRIER-WATCH OFF" and the "SET LINE /dev/ttyS0"
lines.  You have to turn off carrier watch before swapping to a line
without carrier.

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