kermit bug

[Mason]

I seem to have found bug in kermit running on SGI 4D/XXX systems
running IRIX 3.3. The bug only surfaces when kermit has to do
metacharacter parsing internally, ie.  in interactive or server
mode...

%ls 
Alt.folklore.computers   Comp.sys.dec             Gnu.emacs.help
Clari.nb.general         Comp.sys.encore          Misc.forsale.computers
Comp.editors             Comp.sys.ibm.pc.digest   Mitre.bcc.unix
Comp.emacs               Comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc     Mitre.techbb
Comp.lang.c              Comp.sys.laptops         logfile
Comp.newprod             Comp.sys.next            mini
Comp.os.msdos.apps       Comp.sys.sgi             read.me
Comp.protocols.kermit    Comp.unix.admin          vi.ref
Comp.security.announce   Comp.unix.shell          vi.ref.6

lots of files to match C* right?


% C-Kermit>send C*

?No files match - C*

...not as far as kermit is concerned...
C-Kermit>quit

I've told users to use the work around is to use switches at the unix
shell prompt...



% kermit -s C*
% Escape back to your local system and give a RECEIVE command...

I tried compiling the sources in /usr/people/4Dgifts a second time on
a 4D/320S, and also on a Personal Iris and I get the same behavior.
I've read through the kermit beware files and this does not seem to be
a known bug.  I called SGI and they had no information about it, but I
really can't fault them for that because kermit isn't a supported product.
Has anyone seen this before?




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