Kermit vs uugetty

[Robert Halloran]

In article <1990Mar12.174721.13244 at tcsc3b2.tcsc.com> pag at tcsc3b2.tcsc.com (Philip A. Gross) writes:
>kdq at demott.COM (Kevin D. Quitt) writes:
>>    We have a modem on /dev/tty01 with a uugetty running on it for
>>normal network use.  Occasionally, I would like to be able to use this
>>modem to call other systems (such as bbs's) and transfer files (we don't
>>have ftp capability).  I have kermit to do the transfers, but it seems
>>to butt heads with the uugetty in trying to get the incoming data -
>
>Well, I am going to guess that you might be using Un*x SVR3.2 or
>thereabouts.  HoneyDanBer uucp uses the directory /usr/spool/locks
>to keep lock files regarding what devices are in use, etc.  

The current versions of Unix kermit have a make for 'att3bx', which is
used to get the right directory for setting up lockfiles.
						Bob Halloran
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