Command Reference Guide

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(HP-UX C-Kermit)
error-correcting modems with hardware flow control). If you experience file transfer failures, use the CAU-
TIOUS or ROBUST commands to choose more conservative (and therefore slower) protocol settings. For
fine tuning of performance, you can choose specific packet lengths, window sizes, and control-character
prefixing strategies as explained in Chapter 12 of the manual, Using C-Kermit.
If you are accessing a remote host where C-Kermit resides via Telnet or other connection that is
guaranteed reliable from end to end, and both Kermits support it (C-Kermit 7.0 does), a new "streaming"
form of the Kermit protocol is used automatically to give ftp-like speeds (the limiting factor being the over-
head from the remote Telnet or Rlogin server and/or PTY driver).
OTHER FEATURES
C-Kermit includes features too numerous to be explained in a man page. For further information about
connection establishment, modem dialing, networks, terminal connection, key mapping, logging, file
transfer options and features, troubleshooting, client/server operation, character-set translation during ter-
minal connection and file transfer, "raw" up- and downloading of files, macro construction, script program-
ming, convenience features, and shortcuts, plus numerous tables, examples, and illustrations, please con-
sult Using C-Kermit.
GETTING HELP
C-Kermit has extensive built-in help. You can find out what commands exist by typing
? at the C-Kermit>
prompt. You can type HELP at the C-Kermit> prompt for "getting-started" message, or HELP followed by
the name of a particular command for information about that command, for example:
help send
help set file
You can type ? anywhere within a command to get brief help about the current command field. You can
also type the INTRO command to get a brief introduction to C-Kermit, and the MANUAL command to
access this (or another) manual page. Finally, you can use the SUPPORT command for instructions on
obtaining technical support.
ENTERING COMMANDS
You can use upper or lower case for interactive-mode commands, but remember that UNIX filenames are
case-sensitive. You can abbreviate commands as long as the abbreviation matches only one possibility.
While typing a command, you can use the following editing characters:
Delete, Backspace, or Rubout erases the rightmost character.
Ctrl-W erases the rightmost "word".
Ctrl-U erases the current command line.
Ctrl-R redisplays the current command.
Ctrl-P recalls a previous command (scrolls back in command buffer).
Ctrl-N scrolls forward in a scrolled-back command buffer.
Ctrl-C cancels the current command.
Tab, Esc, or Ctrl-I tries to complete the current keyword or filename.
? gives help about the current field.
To enter the command and make it execute, press the Return or Enter key.
BACKSLASH NOTATION
Within an interactive command, the
\ character (backslash) is a prefix used to enter special quantities,
including ordinary characters that would otherwise be illegal. At the end of a line, \ or -
(dash) makes the
next line a continuation of the current line. Other than that, the character following the
\ identifies what
the special quantity is:
% A user-defined simple (scalar) variable such as \%a or \%1
& an array reference such as \&a[3]
$ an environment variable such as \$(TERM)
v (or V) a built-in variable such as \v(time)
f (or F) a function such as \Fsubstring(\%a,3,2)
s (or S) compact substring notation, macronames, like \s(foo[3:12])
: compact substring notation, all variables, like \:(a[3:12])
d (or D) a decimal (base 10) number (1 to 3 digits, 0..255) such as \d27
o (or O) an octal (base 8) number (1 to 3 digits, 0..377) such as \o33
x (or X) a hexadecimal (base 16) number (2 digits, 00..ff) like \x1b
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