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- NAME
- kermit - C-Kermit 5A(190) communications software for serial
- and network connections: modem dialing, file transfer and
- management, terminal connection, character-set translation,
- and script programming.
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- DESCRIPTION
- Kermit is a family of file transfer, management, and commun-
- ication software programs from Columbia University available
- for most computers and operating systems. The UNIX version
- of Kermit, called C-Kermit, supports serial connections
- (direct or dialed) and, in most UNIX implementations, also
- TCP/IP connections. On SunOS systems equipped with SunLink
- X.25, C-Kermit can also make X.25 connections. C-Kermit can
- be thought of as a user-friendly and powerful alternative to
- cu, tip, uucp, ftp, and telnet; a single package for both
- network and serial communications, offering automation, con-
- venience, and language features not found in the other pack-
- ages, and having a great deal in common with its cousins,
- C-Kermit on other UNIX platforms, MS-DOS Kermit for PCs with
- DOS and Windows, and IBM Mainframe Kermit-370 for VM/CMS,
- MVS/TSO, and CICS. C-Kermit itself also runs on OS/2, Digi-
- tal VMS, Data General AOS/VS, Stratus VOS, OS-9, Apollo
- Aegis, the Apple Macintosh, Commodore Amiga, and the Atari
- ST. Together, C-Kermit, MS-DOS Kermit, and IBM Mainframe
- Kermit offer a consistent and nearly universal approach to
- inter-computer communications.
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