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From: "JohnG Zvonar" <JohnG.Zvonar@amd.com>
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: File transfer from VAX/VMS to PC by Kermit
Date: 13 Nov 1998 18:27:29 GMT
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A VAX/VMS block is 512 bytes. Allocation occurs in blocks so 1 byte
over a block would allocate another block. A 9 Meg PC file could be
expected
to show as 18,000 blocks on the VAX. A 18,001 block vax file could still
show as 9 Meg on PC. How was the 41M (VAX) size determined?
John
Den <dirvine@psln.com> wrote in article
<72co88$50i$1@news.ncal.verio.com>...
> One piece of information: Are you sure you are only getting part of the
> file? The size of a file on VAX with VMS is different than the size
will
> be on your NT system, even if all the data is transfered. VMS usually
> reports size in "blocks" not in byte size. If you do a dir on a vms
system
> and look at the size of the file, it will usually be half that size on an
NT
> system when you do a dir.
>
> Dennis
>
> Kersi Marolia wrote in message <3647D48A.2791BA36@mindspring.com>...
> >We have a VAX running VMS 5.5, Wollongong Pathway for OpenVMS ver 2.5.1
> >and a 7 year old billing program written in COBOL. With FTP, I have
> >failed to transfer a 41 MB mixed (2 fields are binary and rest ASCII)
> >data file to my NT 4 workstation. Only 9 MB of the file are transferred
> >by Exceed, Procomm32 and WS-FTP clients.
> >
> >Can I use Kermit and transfer the file to MSDOS PC serial port connected
> >to the VAX through a terminal server? Do I need C-Kermit running on the
> >VAX and DOS Kermit on the PC? I do not have any compliers on the VAX and
> >not even the VMS editor EDT. Please can anyone tell me exactly what to
> >do?
> >
> >Thanks a lot
> >
> >Kersi
> >
> >
>
>
>