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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