From: Frank da Cruz Date: Fri, 15 Jan 99 21:23:32 EST To: C-Kermit Developers and Testers Subject: C-Kermit 7.0 Beta Here's another C-Kermit 7.0 Beta, "03" this time. We didn't go public with Beta.02 as hoped, mainly due to some problems in the Telnet negotiations. These should be fixed now. Beta.03 also has some new features: . Modified Internet Kermit Service Telnet protocol (see below). . Other Telnet improvements and speedups. . bash-style regular expressions for pattern matching (see below). . Regular expressions, functions, variables in SWITCH case labels. . SET ASK-TIMER for timed interactions with users in scripts (1). . IF ASK-TIMEOUT to test whether ASK timed out (1). . Login timeout added to IKSD (default = 300 sec). . Updated & cleaned-up HELP text. . New options for coping with broken Kermit partners (ckermit2.txt 4.22). . New function: \fpermissions(file). . New variable: \v(lockdir) (UNIX only: UUCP lockfile directory). . New IF conditions: IF READABLE, IF WRITEABLE. . DIR /[NO]XFERMODE (shows transfer mode Kermit would use) (2). . DIR /[NO]DOTFILES (whether to show UNIX .* files). . DIR /[NO]BACKUP (whether to show Kermit/EMACS backup files *.~n~). . SEND /NOBACKUP to skip backup files when sending. . DIR /FILES shows only files (not directories). . DIR /DIRECTORIES shows only directories (not files). . UNIX DIRECTORY command now shows symlinks. . Directory listings are now sorted (by name) by default. . \ffiles(*,&a) - new optional second argument loads the designated array. . Ditto for \frfiles(), \fdirectories(), and \frdirectories(). . New /NETWORK-TYPE: switch for SET HOST. . TRANSMIT performance improvements. . SHOW FEATURES option list is now sorted. . Improved filename conversions. Notes: (1) ASK-TIMER applies to ASK, ASKQ, GETOK, and GETC. (2) DIR /XFERMODE puts a (T) or (B) after any file that matches a text or binary pattern ("show patterns", "help add", "help remove", "help set file"). If it doesn't match any patterns, neither (T) nor (B) is shown, meaning the file will be sent in the prevailing mode (text or binary), whatever it is. Bug fixes: . DISABLE DELETE was improperly interfering with SET FILE COLLISION. . \frindex() (string search from right) bugs fixed. . TRANSMIT and TRANSLATE commands updated for Euro. . "dir /recursive" listed some files it shouldn't. . "dir /recursive /any/full/path/" took forever. . Server end of REMOTE DIRECTORY fixed for files with 8-bit names. . Mklinux builds fixed (note: new separate "make mklinux" target needed). . Minix 2.0 builds fixed. . AT&T 7300 builds fixed. Deferred to future Betas: . Better handling for mixed short/long-name file systems in UNIX (*). . Server-side directory listing options (currently there are none). . Various problems parsing filenames containing braces or spaces. . Character-set translation for filenames. (*) As when, for example, you have a short-name file system NFS-mounted on a long-name file system. SOURCE CHANGES Telnet protocol was separated from the network module into its own new module: ckcnet.h and ckcnet.c. This is because the two are now independent; C-Kermit can execute Telnet protocol while in remote mode (in which case it is not using the network module -- e.g. sockets library -- at all). Common C-library-like platform-and-compiler-independent routines were moved to a new module, ckclib.h and ckclib.c. The build procedures for most of C-Kermit's platforms were updated to account for the new modules, but we were not able to test all of them. PATTERN MATCHING In UNIX C-Kermit, you can now use full "regular expressions" in file specifications and other patterns: *, ?, [abc], [a-z], {string1,string2,...} For example, to send the UNIX C-Kermit source code and text files: msend makefile ck[cuw]*.{[cwh],txt} The same pattern-matching will be available in K95 1.1.18. The VMS and other versions expand wildcards by calling system services, as before. However, all versions have access to the new pattern matcher for string-matching purposes, e.g. in IF MATCH, file-transfer /EXCEPT clauses, and SWITCH case labels. The new HELP topic, HELP WILDCARDS, explains the syntax. INTERNET KERMIT SERVICE DAEMON (IKSD) Experience with Beta.02 over long-haul network connections revealed some flaws in the IKSD protocol option negotations, and so these were modified accordingly, hopefully for the last (and only) time. Unfortunately, this makes Beta.02 and Beta.03 incompatible with each other, so please discard your Beta.02 copies -- they can't be used to access the new Beta.03-based IKSD that is now up on watsun. KERMIT 95 USERS Test builds of Kermit 95 incorporating IKS client support will be made available to registered users upon request. Send requests: To: kermit-support@columbia.edu Subject: K95 IKS Beta Request Include your serial number and K95 version number. (We said this last time, but then decided against it due to the Telnet protocol glitches; if you're interested now, please ask again.) REMEMBER THIS IS A TEST VERSION This is still a private beta and there are probably still some rough edges. Be sure to report any problems to: kermit-support@columbia.edu. After a bit, hopefully we can go forward with a public announcement on the newsgroups and website, and then final release as soon as possible of both C-Kermit 7.0, and K95 1.1.18, which will be based on it. WHERE TO FIND IT Websters can skip the rest and go straight to: http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ck70.html (Let me know about any bad links.) C-Kermit 7.0.195 Beta.03 is in the kermit/test tree at the Kermit ftp site, along with drafts of all the update documentation, etc: ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/test/tar/ cku195src.tar.Z Source code (UNIX and VMS), tar, UNIX compress cku195src.tar.gz Source code (UNIX and VMS), tar, gzipped cku195txt.tar.Z Other text files, tar, UNIX compress cku195txt.tar.gz Other text files, tar, gzipped cku195.tar.Z All sources and text files, tar, UNIX compress cku195.tar.gz All sources and text files, tar, gzipped cku195.zip All sources and text files, zipped (Info-ZIP) ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/test/text/ Common and individual source and text files for UNIX, VMS, OS-9, AOS/VS, Stratus VOS, etc etc. Among the interesting text files (all updated since last time): ckermit2.txt -- User documentation of new features since 6.0. iksd.txt -- Internet Kermit Service Daemon documentation. security.txt -- Documentation of Kerberos and SRP features. telnet.txt -- Discussion of recent Telnet protocol changes. ckaaaa.txt -- Overview of files, file naming conventions, etc. ckc195.txt -- Program edit history since 6.0. ckuins.txt -- UNIX installation instructions. ckvins.txt -- VMS installation instructions. ckcbwr.txt -- General C-Kermit "beware file" (hints and tips). ckubwr.txt -- UNIX C-Kermit beware file. ckvbwr.txt -- VMS C-Kermit beware file. ckcplm.txt -- Program logic manual, API definition, etc. ckccfg.txt -- Program configuration options. Recall that all .upd, .doc, .hlp, and .bwr files have had their filetypes changed to .txt, for the benefit of Windows-based Web browsers that that associate the earlier file types (.doc, .hlp, etc) with Windows applications. INDIVIDUAL BETA.03 BINARIES Binaries for C-Kermit 7.0 Betas now have the Beta level (e.g. "b03") as part of their name. Beta-2 binaries have been renamed to include "b02". Those whose names do not fit the ck*195b0[23].* are from the C-Kermit 6.1 test, built at sites that can't be reached any more or that have since been upgraded to newer OS versions, or built on systems that don't work any more, or that were sent in by others. These are all plain, flat uncompressed binary files, to be downloaded in binary mode and renamed appropriately (to "kermit", "KERMIT.EXE", etc). ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/test/bin/ + ckd195b03-aosvsii-2.20.73.pr DG MV 2500 AOS/VS-II 2.20.73 ckiker.exe Commodore Amiga ckpker.plan9-68020 Plan 9 from Bell Labs on 680x0 ckpker.plan9-i386 Plan 9 from Bell Labs on PC ckpker.plan9-mips Plan 9 from Bell Labs on MIPS ckpker.plan9-sparc Plan 9 from Bell Labs on Sparc + cku195b03.aix41 IBM RS/6000 AIX 4.1 + cku195b03.aix42-4.2.1 IBM RS/6000 AIX 4.2.1 + cku195b03.aix43-4.3.1 IBM RS/6000 AIX 4.3.1 + cku195b03.aix41-4.3.2 IBM RS/6000 AIX 4.3.2 ckuker.att351gm AT&T 7300 UNIX PC, UNIX 3.51 ckuker.bsd44-hp9000_300 HP-9000/300, 4.4BSD ckuker.bsdi2-2.1 PC, BSDI 2.1 ckuker.bsdi2-3.0 PC, BSDI 3.0 + cku195b03.bsdi3-3.1 PC, BSDI 3.1 cku195b02.bsdi4-4.0 PC, BSDI 4.0 + cku195b03.dec-osf30 DEC Alpha OSF/1 3.0 + cku195b03.du32-osf1-3.2b DEC Alpha OSF/1 3.2B + cku195b03.du32 DEC Alpha Digital UNIX 3.2 + cku195b03.du40 DEC Alpha Digital UNIX 4.0B + cku195b03.freebsd2-i386-2.2.7 PC, FreeBSD 2.2.7 + cku195b03.hpux500wintcp HP-9000/550 HP-UX 5.21 with TWG-TCP/IP 1.2 ckuker.hpux65oc-hp9000_350 HP-9000/350 HP-UX 6.50 ckuker.hpux70olfnc-hp9000_350 HP-9000/300 HP-UX 7.00 + cku195b03.hpux80oc-s300-8.00 HP-9000/385 HP-UX 8.00 + cku195b03.hpux90o-s700-9.05 HP-9000/712 HP-UX 9.05 + cku195b03.hpux90o700-s700-9.05 HP-9000/712 HP-UX 9.05 (optimized for s700) + cku195b03.hpux100o-s700-10.01 HP-9000/735/99 HP-UX 10.01 (optimized) + cku195b03.hpux100o-s700-10.20 HP-9000/715/33 HP-UX 10.20 (optimized) + cku195b03.hpux100-s700-10.20 HP-9000/715/33 HP-UX 10.20 (not optimized) ckuker.hpux1100o+ HP-9000/871/D370, HP-UX 11.00 (optimized) ckuker.hpux1100 HP-9000/871/D370, HP-UX 11.00 (not opt) + cku195b03.irix53 SGI Indigo-2, IRIX 5.3 + cku195b03.irix62 SGI IRIX 6.2 + cku195b03.irix63-o2 SGI O2 R5000 IRIX 6.3 + cku195b03.irix65-indy-6.5.2m SGI Indy R4600 PC, IRIX 6.5.2m + cku195b03.irix65-o200-6.5.2m SGI Indy Origin 200, IRIX 6.5.1 ckuker.is5r3jc PC, Sunsoft Interactive UNIX 4.1 ckuker.linux-1.2.13-i386 PC, Red Hat Linux 3.03, kernel 1.2.13 ckuker.linux-2.0.33-mc68000 Motorola 680x0, Linux 2.0.33 ckuker.linux-2.0.35-i386-suse-5.1PC, Linux 2.0.35, Suse 5.1 + cku195b03.linux-i386-rh5.2 PC, Red Hat Linux 5.2, kernel 2.1.125 + cku195b03.linux-i386-sw3.5.0 PC, Slackware Linux 3.5.0, kernel 2.0.36 + cku195b03.mklinux-ppc-dr3 PowerWave 132, MkLinux DR3, kernel 2.0.36 + cku195b03.next-mc68k-3.1 NeXT 68040 NeXTSTEP 3.1 + ckuker.next33-mc68k-3.3 NeXT 68040 NeXTSTEP 3.3 ckuker.ps2aix3-1.2.1 IBM PS/2 AIX 1.2.1 ckuker.pydcosx Pyramid ckuker.pyramid Pyramid ckuker.pyrdcosx Pyramid + cku195b03.qnx16 QNX 4.24 16-bit + cku195b03.qnx32 QNX 4.24 32-bit ckuker.rs6aix32c IBM RS/6000 AIX 3.2 ckuker.sco32v4netnd PC, SCO UNIX 3.2v4 ckuker.sco32v4netnd-odt2 PC, SCO ODT 2.0 ckuker.sco32v504 PC, SCO OpenServer 5.0.4 (no net) ckuker.sco32v504net PC, SCO OpenServer 5.0.4 (TCP/IP) + cku195b03.sco32v505net PC, SCO OpenServer 5.0.5 (TCP/IP) + cku195b03.sco32v505netgcc PC, SCO OpenServer 5.0.5 (TCP/IP) + cku195b03.sinix542-mips-5.42 SNI SINIX-N 5.4.2 MIPS (RM200) cku195b02.solaris24-sparc-2.4 Sun Sparc, Solaris 2.4 ckuker.solaris24g-sparc Sun Sparc, Solaris 2.4 (made with gcc) cku195b02.solaris24x25-sparc Sun Sparc, Solaris 2.4 with SunLink X.25 + cku195b03.solaris25-sparc-2.5.1 Sun Sparc, Solaris 2.5.1 + cku195b03.solaris25g-sparc-2.5.1 Sun Sparc, Solaris 2.5.1 (made with gcc) cku195b02.solaris26-i386 PC, Solaris 2.6 + cku195b03.solaris26-sparc Sun Sparc, Solaris 2.6 + cku195b03.solaris26g-sparc Sun Sparc, Solaris 2.6 (made with gcc) cku195b02.solaris7g-i386 PC, Solaris 7 (made with gcc) + cku195b03.solaris7g-sparc Sun Sparc, Solaris 7 (made with gcc) + cku195b03.sunos41c-4.1.3 Sun Sparc, SunOS 4.1.3_U1 (full) cku195b02.sv68r3v6 Motorola MVME 147 68K, System V/68 R3V6 cku195b02.sv88r40-4.3 Motorola MVME 197 88K, System V R4 V4.3 cku195b02.sv88r40-4.4 Motorola MVME 187 88K, System V R4 V4.4 + cku195b03.ultrix43-mips DECstation 5000, Ultrix 4.3 ckuker.unixware2-2.1.1 PC, Unixware 2.1.1 ckuker.unixware2-2.1.2 PC, Unixware 2.1.2 + cku195b03.unixware2-2.1.3 PC, Unixware 2.1.3 + cku195b03.unixware7-7.0.1 PC, Unixware 7.0.1 ckvaker-vms62-nonet.exe Alpha CPU, VMS 6.2, no TCP/IP ckvaker-vms62-tgv40a.exe Alpha CPU, VMS 6.2, MultiNet 4.0A + ckva195b03-vms71-nonet.exe Alpha CPU, VMS 7.1, no TCP/IP + ckva195b03-vms71-tgv40a.exe Alpha CPU, VMS 7.1, MultiNet 4.0A + ckva195b03-vms71-tgv41b.exe Alpha CPU, VMS 7.1, MultiNet 4.1B ckvvker-vms45-nonet.exe VAX CPU, VMS 4.5, no TCP/IP + ckvv195b03-vms55-nonet.exe VAX CPU, VMS 5.5-2, no TCP/IP + ckvv195b03-vms55-ucx20.exe VAX CPU, VMS 5.5-2, UCX 2.0 + ckvv195b03-vms61-nonet.exe VAX CPU, VMS 6.1, no TCP/IP + ckvv195b03-vms61-tgv40a.exe VAX CPU, VMS 6.1, MultiNet 4.0AX + ckvv195b03-vms71-nonet.exe VAX CPU, VMS 7.1, no TCP/IP + ckvv195b03-vms71-tgv40b.exe VAX CPU, VMS 7.1, MultiNet 4.0B If you have access to a development platform not listed above with a "+" where you can try building C-Kermit 7.0, please contact us with the results (or for help if needed). Or just upload successfully-built binaries to: ftp://kermit.columbia.edu/kermit/incoming/ using the naming conventions from the list above, and send a note saying what it is and who it is from (list details of machine make & model, OS & version). Thanks! - Frank