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1 ASCII_Set Oct Char Oct Char Oct Char Oct Char --- ---- --- ---- --- ---- --- ---- 0 NUL 40 SP 100 @ 140 ` 1 SOH 41 ! 101 A 141 a 2 STX 42 " 102 B 142 b 3 ETX 43 # 103 C 143 c 4 EOT 44 $ 104 D 144 d 5 ENQ 45 % 105 E 145 e 6 ACK 46 & 106 F 146 f 7 BEL 47 ' 107 G 147 g 10 BS 50 ( 110 H 150 h 11 HT 51 ) 111 I 151 i 12 LF 52 * 112 J 152 j 13 VT 53 + 113 K 153 k 14 FF 54 , 114 L 154 l 15 CR 55 - 115 M 155 m 16 SO 56 . 116 N 156 n 17 SI 57 / 117 O 157 o 20 DLE 60 0 120 P 160 p 21 DC1 61 1 121 Q 161 q 22 DC2 62 2 122 R 162 r 23 DC3 63 3 123 S 163 s 24 DC4 64 4 124 T 164 t 25 NAK 65 5 125 U 165 u 26 SYN 66 6 126 V 166 v 27 ETB 67 7 127 W 167 w 30 CAN 70 8 130 X 170 x 31 EM 71 9 131 Y 171 y 32 SUB 72 : 132 Z 172 z 33 ESC 73 ; 133 [ 173 { 34 FS 74 < 134 \ 174 | 35 GS 75 = 135 ] 175 } 36 RS 76 > 136 ^ 176 ~ 37 US 77 ? 137 _ 177 DEL 1 BYE This command will cause Kermit-32 (when in local mode) to tell the other Kermit (which should be in server mode) to exit from Kermit and, if applicable, terminate its job (or process, etc.). When Kermit-32 receives the acknowledgement that this is being done, it will exit to VAX/VMS. Kermit-32>BYE 1 CONNECT The CONNECT command will allow you to connect in as a virtual terminal over the line that was specified by the SET LINE command, or to the terminal line specified in the command. The terminal line must be one which is accessible to the users process. This means that the applicable protection code for the terminal must have been set to allow your process to access it (done by the system manager). If a session log file was previously specified, a new version of the file will be created, and all type-out logged in the file. The file will be closed when the command is completed (by use of an escape-character "C" command). The format of the CONNECT command is: Kermit-32>CONNECT or Kermit-32>CONNECT terminal-name where 'terminal-name' is the terminal line name to be used. 2 Escape_Character This character is used to issue a limited set of commands to Kermit-32 after using the CONNECT command. Its default value is CTRL-] (35 octal, ASCII GS) and can be changed via the SET ESCAPE command. It is usually a good idea to set this character to something which is not used (or at least not used very much) on the system to which Kermit-32 is CONNECTing. The command that is issued is determined by the character that is typed after the escape character. The following characters are recognized by Kermit-32 after the escape character: C - Return to VAX/VMS Kermit-32 Q - Suspend logging to session log file (if any) R - Resume logging to session log file (if any) S - Show status 0 - Send a null ? - Type this text CTRL-] - Send escape character Any other character will cause Kermit-32 to ring the bell at the local terminal. The escape-character S (show status) command displays the terminal line being used, the escape character and the settings of local echo, parity and session logging. 1 Control_Chars During a file transfer (GET, RECEIVE or SEND commands) with Kermit-32 in local mode the following control characters can be used to affect the transfer in progress: CTRL-A - Print a brief status report CTRL-C - Abort the protocol CTRL-D - Turn logging to the debugging log file on/off CTRL-M - (or RETURN) Force a protocol timeout CTRL-X - Abort the file currently being transfered CTRL-Z - Abort the file group currently being transfered The CTRL-A status report displays the protocol state and the number of NAKs sent and received. 1 EXIT The EXIT command will cause Kermit-32 to return to command level. This command is the same as the QUIT command. An example of this command is: Kermit-32>EXIT 1 FINISH This command will cause Kermit-32 (when in local mode) to tell the other Kermit (which should be in server mode) to exit from Kermit. After receiving the acknowledgement that this is being done, Kermit-32 will prompt for another command. Kermit-32>FINISH 1 GET The GET command is used to have a local mode Kermit-32 request a file from a remote Kermit server. Kermit-32 must be running as a local Kermit (i.e., a SET LINE command must have been done). Kermit-32 will then request the other Kermit (which must be running in server mode) to transfer the specified file (or set of files) to Kermit-32. The file specification must be in the format of the system on which the server Kermit is running. The format of the command is: Kermit-32>GET file-spec Where 'file-spec' is any valid file specification on the system on which the server Kermit is running. 1 HELP Typing HELP alone prints a brief summary of Kermit-32 and its commands. You can also type Kermit-32>HELP topic [subtopic]... for any Kermit-32 command, e.g. "help send" or "help set parity" to get more detailed information about a specific command. 1 LOCAL This command allows the user of Kermit-32 to perform various actions on the user's system. These commands provide for listing the contents of a directory, deleting files, typing files, displaying the amount of disk space used, etc. Many of these commands are performed by spawning a subprocess to execute the corresponding DCL command; therefore, the standard parameters and qualifiers which DCL allows may be used. Kermit-32>LOCAL keyword arguments Where 'keyword' is the name of the command, and 'arguments' are the optional arguments for the command. 2 COPY This causes Kermit-32 to make a copy of the specified file. This command uses the standard DCL COPY command. Any options valid for DCL's COPY command may be used. Kermit-32>LOCAL COPY old-local-file New file: new-local-file Where 'old-local-file' is the name of the file you wish to copy, and 'new-local-file' is the name for the copy. 2 CWD This command (short for "Change Working Directory") causes Kermit-32 to change the default directory that will be used for files whose specification does not include the directory information. This is similar to the DCL SET DEFAULT command. If no device or directory is given, the default device and directory is set back to that which was being used when Kermit-32 was started. Kermit-32>LOCAL CWD local-directory-spec or Kermit-32>LOCAL CWD Where 'local-directory-spec' is the device and/or directory portion of a standard VAX/VMS file specification. It may include logical names, but not wild-cards. 2 DELETE This causes Kermit-32 to delete the specified file(s). This uses the standard DCL DELETE command. Kermit-32>LOCAL DELETE file-spec Where 'file-spec' is a valid VAX/VMS file specification. 2 DIRECTORY This causes Kermit-32 to display a directory listing. This uses the standard DCL DIRECTORY command. Kermit-32>LOCAL DIRECTORY file-spec or Kermit-32>LOCAL DIRECTORY Where 'file-spec' is a valid VAX/VMS file specification. 2 DISK_USAGE This causes Kermit-32 to display the amount of disk space used and available for the given UIC (or the user's UIC if none is given). This uses the standard DCL SHOW QUOTA command. Kermit-32>LOCAL DISK_USAGE uic or Kermit-32>LOCAL DISK_USAGE Where 'uic' is a UIC specification (in square brackets). LOCAL SPACE is a synonym for the LOCAL DISK_USAGE command. 2 HELP This causes Kermit-32 to display the help message which it sends as the reply when it receives a "REMOTE HELP" command in server mode. This describes the REMOTE commands which Kermit-32 implements. Kermit-32>LOCAL HELP 2 HOST This command requests Kermit-32 to perform the specified command as if it were typed by the user on a terminal. Any results of the command will be printed on the user's terminal. Note that this should only be used for commands which will not require any more user input, since there will be no way for the user to interact with the subprocess to supply more input. This works by spawning a subprocess (much like the DCL SPAWN command) to perform the command. Kermit-32>LOCAL HOST command Where 'command' is any valid DCL command. 2 RENAME This command causes Kermit-32 to change the name of a file. This uses the standard DCL RENAME command. Kermit-32>LOCAL RENAME old-local-file New file: new-local-file Where 'old-local-file' is the name of the file to be renamed, and 'new-local-file' is the new name for the file. 2 SEND_MESSAGE This command causes Kermit-32 to send a short (one line) message to the given terminal. Because this uses the DCL REPLY command, OPER privilege is needed. Kermit-32>LOCAL SEND_MESSAGE terminal-name Message: message-text Where 'terminal-name' is a valid name for a terminal, and 'message-text' is the message to be sent. 2 TYPE This causes Kermit-32 to display the specified file(s) on the terminal. Kermit-32>LOCAL TYPE file-spec Where 'file-spec' is a valid VAX/VMS file specification. 2 WHO This displays the output of a DCL SHOW SYSTEM command. Kermit-32>LOCAL WHO 1 LOG The LOG command allows the user to specify the file names to be used for the various log files Kermit-32 is capable of creating. A LOG command without a file specification will cause no log file of that type to be created. Kermit-32>LOG log-type file-spec or Kermit-32>LOG log-type Where 'log-type' is DEBUG, SESSION, or TRANSACTION, and 'file-spec' is the file specification to use for that type of log file. If file-spec does not specify a file-type Kermit-32 will supply a default of .LOG. If 'file-spec' is not present, that type of logging is disabled. 2 DEBUG The LOG DEBUG command sets the file specification to be used for the debugging log file. This file will be used for the debugging output produced when a SET DEBUG ON command is done. A new version of the file is created each time a transfer command is performed, and closed upon the completion of the transfer command. Kermit-32>LOG DEBUG file-spec or Kermit-32>LOG DEBUG Where 'file-spec' is the file specification to use for the debugging log file. If file-spec does not specify a file-type Kermit-32 will supply a default of .LOG. If 'file-spec' is not present, the debugging log file is disabled. 2 SESSION The LOG SESSION command sets the file name to be used for a log file of a "CONNECT" session. A new version of this file is created each time the CONNECT command is used, and closed when the CONNECT command finishes (as a result of the escape command to close the session). All output to the controlling terminal will be logged in the session log file. Kermit-32>LOG SESSION file-spec or Kermit-32>LOG SESSION Where 'file-spec' is the file specification to use for the session log file. If file-spec does not specify a file-type Kermit-32 will supply a default of .LOG. If 'file-spec' is not present, the session log file is disabled. 2 TRANSACTION The LOG TRANSACTION command sets the name of the file to be used as a transaction log file. A new version of this file is created each time a transfer command is given (SEND, GET, SERVER, etc.). Information about the transfer is logged in this file. This includes the names of the files being transferred, any errors, etc. Kermit-32>LOG TRANSACTION file-spec or Kermit-32>LOG TRANSACTION Where 'file-spec' is the file specification to use for the transaction log file. If file-spec does not specify a file-type Kermit-32 will supply a default of .LOG. If 'file-spec' is not present, the transaction log file is disabled. 1 LOGOUT This command will cause Kermit-32 (when in local mode) to tell the other Kermit (which should be in server mode) to exit from Kermit and, if applicable, terminate its job (or process, etc.). When Kermit-32 receives the acknowledgement that this is being done, it will prompt for another command. Kermit-32>LOGOUT 1 PUSH The PUSH command spawns a DCL subprocess which allows you to interact with DCL without exiting Kermit-32. 1 QUIT This command will cause Kermit-32 to return to command level. This is the same as the EXIT command. Kermit-32>QUIT 1 RECEIVE The RECEIVE command is used to put Kermit-32 into remote mode waiting for a single file transfer transaction. This is most useful if the other Kermit does not support local server commands. If no file specification is given, Kermit-32 will use whatever file specification is supplied by the other Kermit (suitably altered to conform to VAX/VMS standards). If a file specification is given, Kermit-32 will use that file specification instead of that supplied by the other Kermit. This is most useful when the file name on the other system is such that it does not map well into a VAX/VMS file specification. Note that if the other Kermit sends more than one file, the same name will be used for all of them. Only the version numbers will be different. Therefore, it is best to use a file-specification on this command only when transferring a single file. The format of the command is: Kermit-32>RECEIVE or Kermit-32>RECEIVE file-spec Where 'file-spec' is any valid VAX/VMS file specification. 1 REMOTE This command allows the user of Kermit-32 (in local mode) to give various commands to the other Kermit (which must be in server mode). These commands provide for listing the contents of a directory, deleting files, typing files, displaying the amount of disk space used, etc. Note that not all server Kermits support all commands, but all server Kermits should respond with a message saying the command is not implemented if it does not support it. Kermit-32>REMOTE keyword arguments Where 'keyword' is the name of the command, and 'arguments' are the optional arguments for the command. 2 COPY This causes Kermit-32 to request that the server Kermit make a copy of the specified file. Both the old and new files are files on the server's system - no file transfer between systems is done. The server Kermit should respond with some indication that either the file was successfully copied, or with an error message. Note that some Kermit's will allow wild-carded copies, while others will only allow a single file to be copied per command. Kermit-32>REMOTE COPY old-remote-file New file: new-remote-file Where 'old-remote-file' is the name of the file you wish to copy, and 'new-remote-file' is the name for the copy. 2 CWD This command (short for "Change Working Directory") causes Kermit-32 to request that the server Kermit change the default directory (path, device, etc.) that will be used for files whose specification does not include the directory information. For some systems a password can be supplied which will allow access to the new directory. Since Kermit-32 can not know whether the server Kermit requires a password, it will always ask for one. If no directory is specified in the command, the server Kermit will set the default directory back to the users default. This may be either the directory which is the default when a job created, or the default directory which was in effect when the server Kermit was started. The server Kermit should respond with a message which indicates where the new default directory has been set, or with an error message. Kermit-32>REMOTE CWD remote-directory-spec Password: password for remote directory or Kermit-32>REMOTE CWD Where 'remote-directory-spec' is a string which is acceptable as a directory specification for the server system. The 'password' is any string which is required as a password for access to the given directory. The password will not be echoed. 2 DELETE This causes Kermit-32 to request the server Kermit to delete the specified file (or files if the server Kermit supports wild-card deletes). The server Kermit should respond with a message indicating whether the file (or files) has been deleted. Kermit-32>REMOTE DELETE file-spec Where 'file-spec' is a valid file specification for the remote Kermit's system. 2 DIRECTORY This causes Kermit-32 to request a directory listing from the server Kermit. The directory listing will be printed on the users terminal. The format of the listing is determined by the server Kermit. Kermit-32>REMOTE DIRECTORY file-spec or Kermit-32>REMOTE DIRECTORY Where 'file-spec' is a valid file specification for the server Kermit's system. 2 DISK_USAGE This causes Kermit-32 to request the server Kermit to reply with an indication of the amount of disk space used and available for the given directory (or the default directory if none is given). Kermit-32>REMOTE DISK_USAGE directory-spec or Kermit-32>REMOTE DISK_USAGE Where 'directory-spec' is a directory specification for the server Kermit's system. REMOTE SPACE is a synonym for the REMOTE DISK_USAGE command. 2 EXIT This command is identical to the FINISH command. It requests the server Kermit to exit to its system command parser, allowing the terminal to be used for normal commands. Kermit-32>REMOTE EXIT 2 HELP This causes Kermit-32 to request the server Kermit to reply with a short summary of what commands it supports in server mode. If an argument is given, help on the specific topic is requested. The resulting help message will be typed on the users terminal. Kermit-32>REMOTE HELP or Kermit-32>REMOTE HELP topic Where 'topic' is a subject for more detailed help. If no topic is given, a general help message is requested. 2 HOST This command requests the server Kermit to perform the specified command as if it were typed by the user on a terminal. Any results of the command will be printed on the user's terminal. Note that this should only be used for commands which will not require any more user input, since there will be no way for the user to interact with the remote system to supply more input. Kermit-32>REMOTE HOST command Where 'command' is any valid command to be processed by the remote systems standard command parser. 2 LOGIN This command allows the user to supply the server Kermit with accounting information. The server Kermit may use this to validate the users access to the system as well as for billing purposes. It may also use this information to provide the user with access to files on its system. Kermit-32>REMOTE LOGIN user-id Account: remote-accounting-info Password: remote-password Where 'user-id' is a string which represents a valid user identification on the remote system, 'remote-accounting-info' is any additional accounting information required by the remote system (such as account strings), and 'remote-password' is the password for the remote system which corresponds to the given 'user-id'. The password will not be echoed. 2 LOGOUT This command is the same as the LOGOUT command. It will request the server Kermit to exit and logout its job. Kermit-32>REMOTE LOGOUT 2 RENAME This command causes Kermit-32 to request that the server Kermit change the name of a file. The server Kermit should respond with an indication that the operation is completed successfully, or else with an error message. Some Kermit's may allow wild-card file specifications to be used, and will respond with a list of files and new names. Kermit-32>REMOTE RENAME old-remote-file New file: new-remote-file Where 'old-remote-file' is the name of the file to be renamed, and 'new-remote-file' is the new name for the file. 2 SEND_MESSAGE This command requests the server Kermit to send a short (one line) message to the given destination. Depending on the system, the destination may be a terminal, a user name, a mailbox name or some other destination address. The server Kermit should respond with an indication of success or failure. Kermit-32>REMOTE SEND_MESSAGE destination-address Message: message-text Where 'destination-address' is a valid destination for the server's system, and 'message-text' is the message to be sent. 2 STATUS This requests the status of the server Kermit. The server Kermit will reply with some indication of its status. Kermit-32>REMOTE STATUS 2 TYPE This causes Kermit-32 to request the server Kermit to transmit the specified file (or files if the server supports wild-cards) so that the file(s) can be typed on the users terminal. Kermit-32>REMOTE TYPE file-spec Where 'file-spec' is a valid file specification for the server Kermit's system. 2 WHO This requests the server Kermit to display a list of users of its system, along with other information about the users and/or system. A specific user-id may be supplied, which may result in more detailed information about the particular user. It is also possible to supply options for use by the server Kermit in determining the format, etc., of the resulting list. Kermit-32>REMOTE WHO user-id Options: options-list Where 'user-id' is an optional string representing a specific user, and 'options-list' is an optional list of formatting or selection options. 1 SEND The SEND command will allow you to send a file(s) to the other Kermit. The SEND command will allow file wild-card processing as is found in VAX/VMS. If Kermit-32 is running in remote mode, the file will be sent on the controlling terminal line after waiting the number of seconds specified by the SET DELAY command. This gives the user time to escape back to the other Kermit and issue a receive command. If Kermit-32 is running in local mode, the file will be sent immediately on the terminal line specified by the SET LINE command. Kermit-32>SEND file-spec Where 'file-spec' is any valid VAX/VMS file specification. 1 SERVER This command will cause Kermit-32 to enter server mode. The other Kermit can then issue server commands to send and receive files without having to give SEND or RECEIVE commands to Kermit-32. Kermit-32 may be put into SERVER mode while running as either a remote Kermit (transmitting over the controlling terminal line), or as a local Kermit (transmitting over a terminal specified by a SET LINE command). Note that in order to correctly receive binary files while in SERVER mode, a SET FILE TYPE BINARY command must be done first. At this time there is no way for Kermit-32 to determine whether an incoming file is ASCII or binary. Kermit-32>SERVER 1 SET The SET command is used to set various parameters in Kermit-32. 2 BLOCK_CHECK_TYPE The SET BLOCK_CHECK_TYPE command is used to determine the type of block check sequence which will be used during transmission. The block check sequence is used to detect transmission errors. There are three types of block checks available. These are the single character checksum (default), the two character checksum, and the three character CRC (cyclic redundancy check). This command does not ensure that the desired type of block check will be used, since both Kermit's involved in the transfer must agree on the block check type. Kermit-32 will request that the type of block check set by this command be used for a transfer. If the other Kermit has also had the same block check type requested, then the desired block check type will be used. Otherwise, the single character checksum will be used. (See Kermit protocol manual for more information.) Kermit-32>SET BLOCK_CHECK_TYPE type Where 'type' is one of: o 1_CHARACTER_CHECKSUM or ONE_CHARACTER_CHECKSUM o 2_CHARACTER_CHECKSUM or TWO_CHARACTER_CHECKSUM o 3_CHARACTER_CRC_CCITT or THREE_CHARACTER_CRC_CCITT 2 DEBUGGING The SET DEBUGGING command is used to set the debug type-out on the user's terminal. The command will accept either of the states ON or OFF. Kermit-32 can only do debugging type-out when running as a local Kermit (SET LINE command done). This is because the debugging type-out would interfere with the file transfer if it were sent to the controlling terminal line in remote mode. Kermit-32>SET DEBUGGING state Where 'state' is either ON or OFF. 2 DELAY The DELAY parameter is the number of seconds to wait before sending data after a SEND command is given. This is used when Kermit-32 is running in remote mode to allow the user time to escape back to the other Kermit and give a RECEIVE command. Kermit-32>SET DELAY n Where 'n' is the number of seconds to wait before sending data. 2 ESCAPE This command will set the escape character for the CONNECT processing. The command will take the octal value of the character to use as the escape character. This is the character which is used to "escape" back to Kermit-32 after using the CONNECT command. It defaults to 35 octal (ASCII GS, CTRL-]). It is usually a good idea to set this character to something which is not used (or at least not used very much) on the system to which Kermit-32 is CONNECTing. Kermit-32>SET ESCAPE octal-char-value Where 'octal-char-value' is the ASCII value (in octal) of the character to use as the escape character. 2 FILE The SET FILE command allows setting of parameters relating to the file format and file naming conventions used by Kermit-32. 3 NAMING This command sets the type of processing Kermit-32 should do on file names that are being sent and received. Kermit-32 can either send the complete file specification (including device, directories, file name, file type and version number) or only the file name and type. When receiving a file specification, Kermit-32 can either attempt to use it as a VAX/VMS file specification as is, or first perform some substitutions and truncations in order to force the received specification to be just a valid file name and type. Kermit-32>SET FILE NAMING type Where 'type' is either FULL, NORMAL_FORM or UNTRANSLATED. 4 FULL This will cause Kermit-32 to send complete file specifications and perform no translations on received file specifications. 4 NORMAL_FORM This will cause Kermit-32 to send only the file name and file type, and perform translations on received file specifications to force them to be only a valid file name and type. 4 UNTRANSLATED This will cause Kermit-32 to send only the file name and file type, and perform no translations on received file specifications. 3 TYPE This command will set the file type that Kermit-32 is receiving. A file type of ASCII should be used to receive text files which are to be used as text files on the VAX/VMS system. The file type BINARY should be used for binary files, such as CP/M .COM files, which need to be kept in a format that allows the file to be returned without any changes. Kermit-32>SET FILE TYPE type Where 'type' is either ASCII, BINARY or FIXED. 4 ASCII File type ASCII is for text files. 4 BINARY File type BINARY is for non-text files. Note that binary files which are generated on a VAX/VMS system cannot be transferred to another VAX/VMS system without losing file attributes. This means that (for example), an .EXE file cannot be transmitted with Kermit-32. (This problem should be resolved in a future version of Kermit-32). 4 FIXED The FIXED file type will cause Kermit-32 to create a file with 512 byte fixed length records, containing only the data received from the other Kermit. This format can be used for transferring VAX/VMS .EXE files or RSX-11/M (P/OS) .TSK files, or any other binary file which is stored in 512 byte fixed length records. 2 HANDSHAKE Sets the half duplex line turnaround handshake character Kermit-32 will use. Normally required for communication with half duplex systems like IBM mainframes. Kermit-32>SET HANDSHAKE octal-char-value or Kermit-32>SET HANDSHAKE NONE Where 'octal-char-value' is the ASCII value (in octal) of the character to use for the handshake character. The SET HANDSHAKE NONE command turns handshaking off. 2 IBM_MODE The SET IBM_MODE command allows Kermit-32 to be put into a mode which will allow transfers to an IBM host. This causes Kermit-32 to wait for the IBM turnaround character (XON, CTRL-Q) before sending any characters to the other Kermit. It also forces the parity type to be mark, and turns on local echo for the CONNECT command. Kermit-32>SET IBM_MODE state Where 'state' is either ON or OFF. 2 INCOMPLETE_FILE_DISPOSITION The SET INCOMPLETE_FILE_DISPOSITION command allows the user to determine what is done with a file that is not completely received. If the disposition is KEEP, all files received will be kept, even if only a portion of the file is received. If the disposition is DISCARD (the default), files which are not completely received are discarded. Kermit-32>SET INCOMPLETE_FILE_DISPOSITION action Where 'action' is either DISCARD or KEEP. 2 LINE This will set the terminal line that you are using. The terminal line must be one which is accessible to the users process. This means that the applicable protection code for the terminal must have been set to allow your process to access it (done by the system manager). Kermit-32>SET LINE terminal-name The 'terminal-name' device must be a terminal line (e.g. TTA0:). 2 LOCAL_ECHO The SET LOCAL_ECHO command specifies whether characters should be echoed locally when CONNECTing to another system. If LOCAL_ECHO is set to ON, any character typed on the terminal will be echoed immediately to the terminal, as well as being sent to the other system. If LOCAL_ECHO is set to OFF (the default), the characters typed on the terminal are only sent to the other system (which would normally be echoing the characters). Kermit-32>SET LOCAL_ECHO state Where 'state' is either ON or OFF. 2 MESSAGE This command sets the type of type-out Kermit-32 will do during transfers in local mode. Kermit-32 can type out the file specification being transferred, the packet numbers being sent and received, both or neither. The default is to type file specifications but not packet numbers. Kermit-32>SET MESSAGE type state Where 'type' is either FILE or PACKET, and 'state' is either ON or OFF. 2 PARITY This command determines the type of parity to use on the transmission line. Kermit-32 normally uses characters which consist of eight data bits with no parity bit. For systems or transmission media which require a specific parity type, Kermit-32 can send characters as seven data bits plus a parity bit. Kermit-32>SET PARITY state Where 'state' is one of: o NONE (default) - eight data bits and no parity bit. o MARK - seven data bits with the parity bit set to one. o SPACE - seven data bits with the parity bit set to zero. o EVEN - seven data bits with the parity bit set to make the overall parity even. o ODD - seven data bits with the parity bit set to make the overall parity odd. 2 PROMPT This command sets the string to be used for the command prompt. If no argument is given, the default prompt (Kermit-32>) is used. Kermit-32>SET PROMPT new-prompt-text or Kermit-32>SET PROMPT Where 'new-prompt-text' is the new prompt to use. 2 RECEIVE It is possible to set various parameters associated with the receiving of the data from the remote Kermit. SET RECEIVE will enable you to set the various receive parameters. 3 END_OF_LINE This will set the end of line character the Kermit-32 expects to receive from the remote Kermit. This is the character which terminates a packet. The parameter must be an octal number in the range 1 to 37. The default value is 15 octal (ASCII CR, CTRL-M). Kermit-32>SET RECEIVE END_OF_LINE octal-char-value Where 'octal-char-value' is the ASCII value (in octal) of the character to use for the end of line character. 3 EIGHT_BIT_QUOTE This command sets the character to be used (when necessary) to quote characters which have the eighth bit (parity bit) set. This is used to transfer eight-bit bytes on a transmission medium which only supports seven data bits. The parameter must be an octal number in the range 41 to 76 or 140 to 176. The default value is 46 octal (ASCII "&"). Eighth-bit quoting will only be used if both Kermit's can handle it, and the transmission medium does not transmit 8 data bits (as indicated by the SET PARITY command). Kermit-32>SET RECEIVE EIGHT_BIT_QUOTE octal-char-value Where 'octal-char-value' is the ASCII value (in octal) of the character to use for quoting characters which have the eighth bit set. 3 PACKET_LENGTH This will set the receive packet length. The value for this parameter must be between 10 and 94. Packet lengths outside of this range are illegal. The default value is 80. Kermit-32>SET RECEIVE PACKET_LENGTH n Where 'n' is the receive packet length to use. 3 PADCHAR This parameter is the padding character that is sent to the remote Kermit. The parameter must be an octal number in the range of 0 to 37 or 177. The default value is 0 (ASCII NUL, CTRL-@). Kermit-32>SET RECEIVE PADCHAR octal-char-value Where 'octal-char-value' is the ASCII value (in octal) of the character to be used as a pad character. 3 PADDING This command will set the number of padding characters that will be sent to the other Kermit. The default value is 0. Kermit-32>SET RECEIVE PADDING n Where 'n' is the number of padding characters to use. 3 QUOTE This will set the quoting character that Kermit-32 will expect on incoming messages. This is the character used to quote control characters. The parameter must be an octal number in the range 40 to 176. The default value is 43 octal (ASCII "#"). Kermit-32>SET RECEIVE QUOTE octal-char-value Where 'octal-char-value' is the ASCII value (in octal) of the quoting character. 3 START_OF_PACKET This command will set the start of packet character for Kermit-32. The start of packet character must be in the range of 1 to 37 octal. The default value is 1 (ASCII SOH, CTRL-A). This value should only be changed if absolutely necessary. It must be set the same in both Kermit's. Kermit-32>SET RECEIVE START_OF_PACKET octal-char-value Where 'octal-char-value' is the ASCII value (in octal) of the receive start-of-packet character to use. 3 TIMEOUT This will set the number of seconds before Kermit-32 will time out the attempt to receive a message. This time out is used to handle transmission errors which totally lose a message. The default value is 15 seconds. Kermit-32>SET RECEIVE TIMEOUT n Where 'n' is the number of seconds to wait for a message. 2 REPEAT_QUOTE This command sets the character to be used as the lead-in character for a repeat sequence (a string of characters which represents some number of characters which are repeated in the data). Both Kermit's must support repeat compression for this to be in effect. The parameter must be an octal number in the range 41 to 76 or 140 to 176. The default value is 176 octal (ASCII "~"). The character will only be used on files which are being transmitted by Kermit-32. The REPEAT_QUOTE character used for incoming files is decided on by the other Kermit. A value of 40 octal (a space) will disable repeat compression. Kermit-32>SET REPEAT_QUOTE octal-char-value Where 'octal-char-value' is the ASCII value (in octal) for the repeat quoting character. 2 RETRY This command sets the maximum number of times Kermit-32 should try to send specific packets. There are two retry maximums, one for the initial connection packet (the "SEND-INIT"), the other for all other packets. The default value for initial connections is 5. The default value for all other packets is 16. Kermit-32>SET RETRY type n Where 'type' is either INITIAL_CONNECTION (for initial connection packet) or PACKET (for all other packets), and 'n' is the number of retries (in decimal) to attempt. 2 SEND It is possible to set various parameters associated with the receiving of the data from the remote Kermit. SET SEND will enable you to set the various SEND parameters. These parameters should not normally be set, since as part of the transfer initialization process the two Kermit's exchange their RECEIVE parameters. The capability of setting these parameters is provided so that the transfer initialization can be completed even if the default parameters are not correct. 3 END_OF_LINE This will set the end of line character the Kermit-32 will send to the remote Kermit. This is the character which terminates a packet. The parameter must be an octal number in the range 1 to 37. The default value is 15 octal (ASCII CR, CTRL-M). Kermit-32>SET SEND END_OF_LINE octal-char-value Where 'octal-char-value' is the ASCII value (in octal) of the character to use for the end of line character. 3 PACKET_LENGTH This will set the SEND packet length. The value for this parameter must be between 10 and 94. Packet lengths outside of this range are illegal. The default value is 80. Kermit-32>SET SEND PACKET_LENGTH n Where 'n' is the send packet length to use. 3 PADCHAR This parameter is the padding character that is sent to the remote Kermit. The parameter must be an octal number in the range of 0 to 37 or 177. The default value is 0 (ASCII NUL, CTRL-@). Kermit-32>SET SEND PADCHAR octal-char-value Where 'octal-char-value' is the ASCII value (in octal) of the character to be used as a pad character. 3 PADDING This command will set the number of padding characters that will be sent to the other Kermit. The default value is 0. Kermit-32>SET SEND PADDING n Where 'n' is the number of padding characters to use. 3 QUOTE This will set the quoting character that Kermit-32 will expect on incoming messages. This is the character used to quote control characters. The parameter must be an octal number in the range 40 to 176. The default value is 43 octal (ASCII "#"). Kermit-32>SET SEND QUOTE octal-char-value Where 'octal-char-value' is the ASCII value (in octal) of the quoting character. 3 START_OF_PACKET This command will set the start of packet character for Kermit-32. The start of packet character must be in the range of 1 to 37 octal. The default value is 1 (ASCII SOH, CTRL-A). This value should only be changed if absolutely necessary. It must be set the same in both Kermit's. Kermit-32>SET SEND START_OF_PACKET octal-char-value Where 'octal-char-value' is the ASCII value (in octal) of the start-of-packet character to use. 3 TIMEOUT This will set the number of seconds before Kermit-32 will time out a message it has sent to the other Kermit. This time out is used to handle transmission errors which totally lose a message. The default value is 15 seconds. Kermit-32>SET SEND TIMEOUT n Where 'n' is the number of seconds to wait for a message. 2 SERVER_TIMER This specifies the number of seconds between timeouts during server command wait. A value of 0 specifies that no timeouts should occur during server command wait. When a Kermit server times out, it sends a NAK packet. Some systems cannot clear piled-up NAKs from their input buffers; if you're using such a system to communicate with a Kermit-32 server, and you expect to be leaving the server idle for long periods of time, you should use this command to turn off server command-wait timeouts. Kermit-32>SET SERVER_TIMEOUT n Where 'n' is the number of seconds between server timeouts. 1 SHOW The SHOW command will allow you to show the various parameters that are set with the SET command. 2 ALL The SHOW ALL command will cause all of the parameters to be listed. 2 BLOCK_CHECK_TYPE This command will type out what type of block check is being requested. 2 COMMUNICATIONS This command will type out the communications line related parameters. This includes the terminal line being used, the parity type, etc. 2 DEBUGGING The SHOW DEBUGGING command will print the state of the debugging flag. 2 DELAY This will display the number of seconds delay that Kermit-32 will use before attempting to send or receive a file. 2 ESCAPE This will display the current escape character for the CONNECT processing. 2 FILE_PARAMETERS This will display the parameters related to files being used. This includes the file type and the incomplete file disposition. 2 INCOMPLETE_FILE_DISPOSITION This will display the disposition of incompletely received files. 2 LINE This command displays the terminal line that will be used for CONNECT and file transfers commands. 2 LOCAL_ECHO This will display the status of the local echo flag. 2 PACKET This will display the current settings of the send and receive packet parameters. 2 PARITY This will display the current parity setting. 2 RECEIVE The current values of the RECEIVE parameters will be displayed on the user's terminal. Only the parameters that can be set will be displayed. 2 RETRY This command will show the maximum number of retries that Kermit-32 will attempt to send a message to the remote Kermit. 2 SEND All of the send parameters will be displayed on the user's terminal. 2 TIMING All of the timing parameters will be displayed on the user's terminal. 2 VERSION Displays the version number of Kermit-32 in use. 1 STATUS The current status of Kermit-32 will be displayed. This includes the number of characters that have been sent and received from the remote Kermit. Also included is an estimate of the effective baud rate of the transfer. This number is not intended to be exact, but only an indication of what range of throughput has been provided. 1 TAKE The TAKE command tells Kermit-32 to execute commands from the specified file. You may also use the VAX/VMS notation "@" instead of Take to specify a command file. Kermit-32>TAKE file-spec or Kermit-32>TAKE file-spec /DISPLAY Where 'file-spec' is any normal VAX/VMS file specification. If file-spec does not specify a file-type Kermit-32 will supply a default of .COM. The /DISPLAY option causes the commands read from the file to be displayed on the user's terminal.