Kermit Help File Kermit is a family of programs which perform reliable file transfer between computers over regular TTY lines. This file contains the Kermit commands for the RT-11 version of Kermit. Command Explanation send Sends a file or number of files from the RT-11 to the remote host. The name of each file is passed to the remote host in a special control packet, so that the remote host can store it with the same name. NO wildcarding is allowed. receive Receive a file or file group from the remote host. If an incoming file name is not legal, then attempt to transform it to a similar legal name, e.g. by deleting illegal or excessive characters. If the file already exists, it will be supersceded if file-warning is set OFF; otherwise, a file will be created with a name like KERMnn.TMP set Establish various system-dependent parameters, such as max- imum packet length, debbuging mode, transmission delay, etc. Also allows the user to specify virtual terminal line parity. show Display various system-dependent parameters established by the SET command. connect Establish a virtual terminal connection from the RT-11 to a computer hooked up to it through a TTY line. The connection uses the parity defined by the set command. status Give information about the last file transfer; effective baud rate, number of ACK's, NAK's, and bad packets, etc. ? Print help about various options available at a point in in a command string. (ie. set ? will show all options available pertaining to set) help Print instructions on various commands available in Kermit. You are reading it. exit Exit from Kermit. quit Same as exit command.