Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Path: utzoo!martin
From: martin@zoo.toronto.edu (Martin Hofmann)
Subject: Problems with kermit (was Transfer files between PC and IRIS)
Message-ID: <1991Apr9.132543.6472@zoo.toronto.edu>
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1991 13:25:43 GMT
References: <1991Apr5.222307.5567@eng.umd.edu> <1991Apr5.171620.28438@ecf.utoronto.ca> <IbzBfJa00VpG8Oamgf@andrew.cmu.edu> <1991Apr8.163047.9040@odin.corp.sgi.com>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology

In article <1991Apr8.163047.9040@odin.corp.sgi.com> portuesi@tweezers.esd.sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) writes:
>In article <1991Apr5.222307.5567@eng.umd.edu>, Naiming Shen writes:
>> I am ordering a cable(null modem) to link my PC and IRIS. Can someone
>> tell me which communication software on IRIS is best to use to trasfer
>> files between those two machines. I have PCPlus on PC.
>
>
>I own a Toshiba laptop to use for light-duty computing tasks when
>I'm away from my 4D/20.  I find the most trouble-free file transfer
>solution is Kermit for MS-DOS communicating with the Kermit
>program we supply in 4Dgifts.  

I also use kermit to transfer to/from a PC, mainly to take files home.
I have however noticed a problem using wild cards in transfers.  The problem
occurs when I try invoke server mode on the IRIS and then get *.c.  The error
message says something like, no files found.  Using debug mode on kermit seems
to point to kermit on the IRIS not properly exapnding the wild cards.  Has
anyone else had this problem and has anyone got a fix for it?
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