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If you make comparisons only for "upload/download a file" versus, for example, zmodem...Kermit doesn't fare well. Kermit is, though, more than that. One examp
by tyingq 3y ago
If you make comparisons only for "upload/download a file" versus, for example, zmodem...Kermit doesn't fare well.
Kermit is, though, more than that. One example is that it includes a scripting functionality somewhat like the once popular "Expect" package[1]. For things like interacting with a Cisco router cli, ftp servers, etc. Or, as the article mentions, "server mode[2]"...something zmodem also doesn't do.
So, for example, it was really useful "back in the day" for things like connecting to a network enabled modem bank and running batch jobs to do various things.
[1] http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ckscripts.html http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ckscripts.html
[2] http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ckututor.html#iksd http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ckututor.html#iksd
- shrubble 3y agoExpect is still very popular! There are implementations for C, Python, and Perl at the least. And my expect scripts written years ago, still work...
- tyingq 3y agoAh sure. I didn't mean they were now unpopular. Just that the need for them has drawn down as many things you would automate via expect now have better api-based choices. Or have otherwise dwindled...I don't see too many modem banks around these days.
- shrubble 3y agoVery true, formerly command line only network devices now have APIs in some cases; the Cisco Meraki devices don't even have a CLI, only a cloud based web mgmt GUI, or a Restful API.