Command:   kermit  transfer a file using the kermit protocol
     Syntax:    kermit
     Flags:     (many)
     Example:   kermit                   # Start kermit

     This is a slightly lobotomized kermit.   The  help  command,
     the  script  facility,  and  the automatic dial support have
     been removed. The ? and ESC commands still work, so there is
     still  reasonable built-in help.  The only V7 kermit feature
     that does not work is the ability to see whether  there  are
     input  characters  waiting.  This means that you will not be
     able to ask for status during a file transfer  (though  this
     is  not critical, because kermit prints a dot every so often
     and other special characters whenever there is an  error  or
     timeout).

     Start kermit, and then type the following  to  open  a  2400
     baud session, for example:
             set line /dev/tty1
             set speed 2400
             connect
     (It is more convenient if you put these commands in  .kermrc
     in  your home directory, so that they get done automatically
     whenever you run kermit.)  This  will  connect  you  to  the
     modem  or  whatever  on  the  serial port.  Now log into the
     other system.

     When you want to transfer files, run  kermit  on  the  other
     system.  To it, type
             server
     This puts its kermit into a sort of 'slave  mode'  where  it
     expects  commands from the kermit running on your MINIX sys-
     tem.  Now come back to the command level on MINIX kermit, by
     typing  the  escape  character  followed by c.  (Kermit will
     tell you the current escape character when you do  the  con-
     nect  command.)   At  this  point you can issue various com-
     mands. Your kermit will coordinate things with kermit on the
     other  machine so that you only have to type commands at one
     end.  Common commands are
             get filename
             put filename
             remote dir
     Filenames can include wildcards.  By default,  kermit  works
     in  a  system-independent, text mode.  (In effect it assumes
     that the whole world is MS-DOS and converts end of line  and
     file  names  accordingly.)   To  send binary files, you will
     want to type
             set file type bin
     on both ends before starting any transfers.   This  disables
     CR  LF  to  newline conversion.  If both of your systems are
     some flavor of UNIX, you might as well put this  in  .kermrc
     on  both ends and run in binary mode all the time.  Also, if
     both systems are UNIX it is recommended that you use
             set file name lit
     on both ends.  This causes it to keep file names  unchanged,
     rather than mapping to legal MS-DOS names.

     Here is a typical .kermrc for use on MINIX:
             set line /dev/tty1
             set speed 1200
             set esc 29
             set file type bin
             set file name lit
             set retry 90
             set prompt MINIX kermit>
             connect

     On the other end of the line, for example, the host at  your
     local computer center to which you want to transfer files, a
     typical profile might be:
             set rec packet 1000
             set fil name lit
             set fil type bin
             server

     Kermit has many other options and features.  For a  pleasant
     and  highly  readable  description  of it, see the following
     book:
       Title: Kermit: A File Transfer Protocol
       Author: Frank da Cruz
       Publisher: Digital Press
       Date: 1987
       ISBN: 0-932376-88

     For information about recent kermit  developments,  versions
     for other systems, and so forth, please contact:
       Christine M. Gianone
       Manager, Kermit Development and Distribution
       University Center for Computing Activities
       Columbia University
       612 West 115th Street
       New York, N.Y. 10025
    Over 400 versions of kermit are available, so  it  is  likely
    there is one for any computer your MINIX system might want to
    talk to.  Columbia University  also  publishes  a  newsletter
    about kermit that can be requested from the above address.