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From: shoppa@almach.krl.caltech.edu (Timothy D. Shoppa)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: VMS Kermit cant upload to Compuserve
Date: 17 May 1995 11:52 PST
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In article <3pcadt$8o4@dscomsa.desy.de>, PETER@EMBL-HAMBURG.DE (Peter Bendall) writes...
>The following question is unanswered on the German DECUS Notes Conference
>Relating to an apparent conversion of a file from Binary to Text after being
>sent to Compuserve as Binary.
>
>I would be grateful if somebody could help, please! Is this a Compuserve
> problem?
>
>
> Before uploading, I gave the following settings:
> SET TERMINAL BYTESIZE 8
> SET TERMINAL CHAR TRANSPARENT
> SET FILE TYPE BINARY
^^^^^^
> SET SEND PACKET 2000
> SET BLOCK 3
> SET WINDOW 4
>
I've been bitten by this one before, myself. Look at the file CKVKER.BWR
that should've come with your distribution; here's the applicable
excerpt:
<Excerpt begins>
FILE TRANSFER
File transfer modes (TEXT vs BINARY) are set automatically for each file when
sending. The SET FILE TYPE BINARY and SET FILE TYPE TEXT commands are ignored
when sending files. To force binary-mode transmission, use SET FILE TYPE
IMAGE. See the VMS appendix of "Using C-Kermit".
<Excerpt ends>
The automagic file mode works most of the time, actually. In particular,
a file will always be sent in Binary if the file being transferred has
the attribute "Fixed length 512 byte records". But files created with
the "Stream" attribute will be sent as Text, even if Binary is
more appropriate. Changing SET FILE TYPE BINARY to SET FILE TYPE IMAGE
will make things work like you would expect.
[Actually, I find the automatic file mode detection to often be
more of a hazard than a convenience, in many cases.]
Tim. (shoppa@krl.caltech.edu)
Kellogg Radiation Lab, Caltech.