helpwith KERMIT

[Howard_Chu%UMich-MTS.Mailnet at MIT-MULTICS.ARPA]

The MSDOS implementation supports what is known as "server mode,"
(which the unix implementation also supports) and can simply be
left in server mode indefinitely. Then you can issue commands to
the PC Kermit from the unix Kermit. This is precisely what you seem
to be requesting by "stand-alone KERMIT which can run without
intervention from the keyboard, etc." If you send it a file, it
receives it. Automatically. If you want a file, just say "Get
 <filename>."

I'm pretty sure an executable copy is available from Columbia
University, but if not, there complete source code is online there.
I'm surprised you've gotten along with 3rd party Kermits on the PC
for so long and never actually played with the actual PC implementation
yet. In any case, it's obviously exactly what you need.

              Howard Chu
              Howard_Chu%UMich-MTS.Mailnet at MIT-Multics.ARPA
              hyc at umix.cc.umich.edu

              Every rule has an exception - except this one.