SUMMARY OF MS-DOS KERMIT COMMANDS

The commands listed are for the IBM PC, PS/2, and compatibles.	Other versions
of MS-DOS Kermit (NEC PC9801, DEC Rainbow, Victor 9000, Zenith Z100, etc) may
lack certain commands and features described here, primarily those having to
do with networking, terminal emulation, and character-set translation.

Kermit commands consist of a sequence of "words" (verbs, nouns, numbers,
filenames) separated by spaces and terminated by carriage return (Enter).
Command description use this notation:

  <parameter>	- Replace this with an actual number, or filename, etc.
  <number>	- Replace with an actual decimal number
  <filename>	- A file specification, which may include disk & directory
  <hh:mm:ss>	- Time of day in 24-hour notation, less than 12 hours from now
  [<parameter>] - An optional field, which may be omitted
  {A,B,C}	- Choose one of the items listed
  [{A,B,C}]	- Optionally choose one of the items listed
  = <value>	- Shows default value for a field

The following characters perform special functions in MS-DOS Kermit commands:

  Space	     Separates command words ("fields").
  TAB	     (Ctrl-I) Like space
  ESC	     (Ctrl-[) Completes a keyword if possible.
  Enter	     (Ctrl-M, Carriage Return) Enters a command.
  Formfeed   (Ctrl-L) Like Enter, but clears the screen first.
  Linefeed   (Ctrl-J) Like Enter.
  Backspace  (Ctrl-H, Del) Deletes rightmost character from the command.
  Ctrl-W     Deletes rightmost word from the command.
  Ctrl-U     Deletes the entire command.
  Ctrl-C     Cancels the current command, even if you have already entered it.
  ?	     (Question Mark) Requests a menu for the current command field.
  ;	     (Semicolon) Introduces a trailing command (in command files only).
  \	     (Backslash) Introduces a "backslash code".
  ,	     (Comma) Separates commands in a macro definition.
  { }	     (Braces) used for grouping characters or words together.

Backslash codes are used for many purposes, such as to enter special
characters into Kermit commands.  For example, if you want to use the OUTPUT
command to send a Ctrl-C to the host, you can't put the Ctrl-C literally in
the command, because typing Ctrl-C would cancel the command.  Instead, put a
backslash followed by digits to denote the ASCII value of the Ctrl-C character
(3): "output \3".  Similarly for Carriage Return: "output login myname\13".

  \123	  (up to 3 decimal digits) - A decimal number or character value
  \d123	  (up to 3 decimal digits) - Same as 123
  \o123	  (up to 3 octal digits) - An octal (base 8) number or char value
  \x123	  (2 hexadecimal digits) - A hexadecimal (base 16) number or character
  \{ }	  For grouping, e.g. \{12}6 = Ctrl-L 6, not ASCII 126 = tilde (~)
  \;	  Include a semicolon in a TAKE-file command or macro definition.

Other backslash codes:

  \%	   Introduce a Kermit variable, \%1, \%2, ..., \%a, \%b, ... \%z
  \K	   (or \k) Introduce a Kermit connect-mode verb like \Kexit
  {\Kxxx}  A user-defined macro called xxx assigned to a key
  \B	   (or \b) Send a BREAK signal, 275 milliseconds (OUTPUT command only)
  \L	   (or \l) send a Long BREAK, 1.5 seconds (OUTPUT only)
  \255	   Shorthand for CRLF or LFCR	(INPUT command only)
  \v(name) A built-in variable like \v(date)
  \m(name) A user-defined named variable
  \$(name) A DOS environment variable


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