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kermit(1) kermit(1)

(HP-UX C-Kermit)

NAME

kermit - C-Kermit 7.0 communications software for serial and network connections: modem dialing, ﬁle

transfer and management, terminal connection, character-set translation, numeric and alpha paging, and

script programming

SYNOPSIS

kermit [command-ﬁle ][options ...]

DESCRIPTION

Kermit is a family of ﬁle transfer, management, and communication software programs from the Kermit

Project at Columbia University available for most computers and operating systems. The version of Kermit

for Hewlett-Packard HP-UX, called C-Kermit, supports both serial connections (direct or dialed) and

TCP/IP connections.

C-Kermit can be thought of as a user-friendly and powerful alternative to cu, tip, uucp, ftp, telnet,

rlogin, expect, and even your shell; a single package for both network and serial communications,

offering automation, convenience, and language features not found in the other packages, and having a

great deal in common with its cousins, C-Kermit on other UNIX platforms, Kermit 95 for Windows 95, Win-

dows 98, Windows NT and 2000, and OS/2; MS-DOS Kermit for PCs with DOS and Windows 3.x, and IBM

Mainframe Kermit-370 for VM/CMS, MVS/TSO, and CICS. C-Kermit itself also runs on Digital VMS, Data

General AOS/VS, Stratus VOS, OS-9, QNX, Plan 9, the Commodore Amiga, and elsewhere. Together, C-

Kermit, Kermit 95, MS-DOS Kermit, and IBM Mainframe Kermit offer a consistent and nearly universal

approach to inter-computer communications.

For use and redistribution rights, see the C-Kermit COPYING.TXT ﬁle or give the C-Kermit COPYRIGHT

command (summary: no license is required for own use; no license is required for distribution with Open

Source operating systems; a license is required for certain other forms of redistribution).

C-Kermit 7.0 is included with HP-UX by Hewlett-Packard in partnership with the Kermit Project at Colum-

bia University.

C-Kermit 6.0 is thoroughly documented in the book Using C-Kermit by Frank da Cruz and Christine M.

Gianone, Digital Press, Second Edition, 1997; see REFERENCES at the end of this manual page. This

manual page is not a substitute for the book. If you are a serious user of C-Kermit, particularly if you plan

to write C-Kermit script programs, you should purchase the manual. Book sales are the primary source of

funding for the nonproﬁt Kermit Project.

Any new features added since the most recent edition of the book was published are documented in the

online ﬁle ckermit2.upd until such time as the Third Edition of the book is ready. Hints, tips, limitations,

restrictions are listed in ckcker.txt (general C-Kermit) and ckuker.bwr (UNIX-speciﬁc); see FILES below.

Please consult all of these references before reporting problems or asking for technical support.

Kermit software is available for hundreds of different computers and operating systems from Columbia

University. For best ﬁle-transfer results, please use C-Kermit in conjunction with real Columbia University

Kermit software on other computers, such as Kermit 95 for Windows 95 and NT or MS-DOS Kermit for

DOS 3.x or Windows. See CONTACTS below.

MODES OF OPERATION

C-Kermit can be used in two "modes": remote and local. In remote mode, you connect to the HP-UX sys-

tem from a desktop computer and transfer ﬁles between your desktop computer and HP-UX C-Kermit. In

that case, connection establishment (dialing, TELNET connection, etc.) is handled by the Kermit program

on your desktop computer.

In local mode, C-Kermit establishes a connection to another computer by direct serial connection, by dial-

ing a modem, or by making a network connection. When used in local mode, C-Kermit gives you a terminal

connection to the remote computer, using your actual terminal, emulator, or UNIX workstation terminal

window or console driver for speciﬁc terminal emulation.

C-Kermit also has two types of commands: the familiar UNIX-style command-line options, and an interac-

tive dialog with a prompt. Command-line options give you access to a small but useful subset of C-

Kermit’s features for terminal connection and ﬁle transfer, plus the ability to pipe ﬁles into or out of Kermit

for transfer.

Interactive commands give you access to dialing, script programming, character-set translation, and, in

general, detailed control and display, as well as automation, of all C-Kermit’s features. Interactive com-

mands can also be collected into command ﬁles or macros. C-Kermit’s command and script language is

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