From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.0 required=5.0 tests=MAILING_LIST_MULTI autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 28074 invoked from network); 11 Dec 2022 02:16:58 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (50.116.15.146) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 11 Dec 2022 02:16:58 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4DC9B423C1; Sun, 11 Dec 2022 12:16:34 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mcvoy.com (mcvoy.com [192.169.23.250]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A087A423C0 for ; Sun, 11 Dec 2022 12:16:28 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mcvoy.com (Postfix, from userid 3546) id 502DC35E2F0; Sat, 10 Dec 2022 18:16:28 -0800 (PST) Date: Sat, 10 Dec 2022 18:16:28 -0800 From: Larry McVoy To: "Nelson H. F. Beebe" Message-ID: <20221211021628.GM8801@mcvoy.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.24 (2015-08-30) Message-ID-Hash: 5XJXLUPF4FFJOFKWCFZMZXIXB2P7WGT6 X-Message-ID-Hash: 5XJXLUPF4FFJOFKWCFZMZXIXB2P7WGT6 X-MailFrom: lm@mcvoy.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; header-match-tuhs.tuhs.org-0; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header CC: tuhs@tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [TUHS] Re: Stdin Redirect in Cu History/Alternatives? List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Wow, Kermit is still around? I think the last time I used that was around 1985. Are modems still a thing? On Sat, Dec 10, 2022 at 05:42:14PM -0700, Nelson H. F. Beebe wrote: > Clem Cole mentions kermit in connection with the question raised about > the uses of the cu utility. > > As an FYI, Kermit's author, Frank da Cruz, is preparing a final > release, version 10.0, and I've been working with him on testing > builds in numerous environments. There are frequent updates during > this work, and the latest snapshots can be found at > > https://kermitproject.org/ftp/kermit/pretest/ > > The x-YYYYMMDD.* bundles do not contain a leading directory, so be > careful to unpack them in an empty directory. The build relies on a > lengthy makefile with platform-specific target names, like irix65, > linux, and solaris11: the leading comments in the makefile provide > further guidance. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > - Nelson H. F. Beebe Tel: +1 801 581 5254 - > - University of Utah - > - Department of Mathematics, 110 LCB Internet e-mail: beebe@math.utah.edu - > - 155 S 1400 E RM 233 beebe@acm.org beebe@computer.org - > - Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0090, USA URL: http://www.math.utah.edu/~beebe/ - > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- --- Larry McVoy Retired to fishing http://www.mcvoy.com/lm/boat