VAX-11 Librarian V03-00 ‡˛Ãë§ç ¿«›ë§ç † 5 MACX ≠ ¿«›ë§ç 1 MACX L MACX lets you upload Macintosh files to the VAX and download Macintosh filesI from the VAX. The files can be of any type, including MacPaint pictures, 2 formatted MacWrite files, fonts, and applications. E To use MACX, you MUST be running MacTerminal (you can't use any other ; terminal program), and your file transfer settings must be: - Transfer Method (*) XMODEM ( ) Text . Remote System (*) MacTerminal ( ) Other H The other settings don't matter. Notice that you set "remote system" to< "MacTerminal" even though the remote system is really a VAX. J MACX commands can be abbreviated to one character. C)atalog will show youN what files are available. The main commands are C)atalog, U)pload, D)ownload,: and Q)uit. Special commands are available for text files. 2 Catalog 6 C)atalog shows you what Macintosh files are available. J Notice that every Macintosh file has TWO NAMES: a Macintosh name and a VMSG name. The Macintosh name is the name
the file had or will have on the L Macintosh; the VMS name is the name it has on the VMS system. The MacintoshH name is for information only. In MACX commands, you must ALWAYS use the VMS name. G Advanced users: VMS filenames for Macintosh files have a default ".MAC" H extension. The Catalog command can be followed by an optional directory specification.
2 Download G To download a file, use the D command followed by the VMS name (NOT the 3 Macintosh name) of the file you want. For example: D VMS name Macintosh file Type Size Last modified K BACKGAMN Backgammon Application 31K 9-DEC-1984 08:24:21 K CALENDAR calendar Application 23K 25-AUG-1984 17:44:34 A to download the Backgammon application, you would use the command MACX>d backgamn K MACX will automatically trigger MacTerminal to receive the file; you do not + need to pull down any MacTerminal commands. 2 Upload G To upload a file, use the U command. If you use U by itself, MACX will B automatically name the VMS file by taking the first 9 alphanumericE characters in the Macintosh file name. If you want to choose the VMS ( file name yourself, type it after the U: MACX>u myname L VMS file names are limited to 9 characters which must be letter or numerals.9 You may NOT use spaces or punctuation in a VMS file name. I After issuing the U)pload command, you must then tell MacTerminal to send ; the file by pulling down "Send file..." from the File menu
. 2 TextK Many Macintosh applications produce "TEXT" documents; for example, MacWrite G if you save "Text only." Macintosh "TEXT" documents are fairly easy to % exchange with other computer systems. M Suppose that "TEXTDOC.MAC" is the VMS file name of a Macintosh text document. K You cannot use TEXTDOC.MAC directly under VMS; although it is stored in the K VMS system, it is not stored in the normal VMS text format, but in a format J the mirrors the Macintosh format. For example, you could not me aningfullyI edit TEXTDOC.MAC with EDT or TECO. MACX does, however, provide tools for = converting Macintosh text format to and from VMS text format. L The tools are TYPE, PRINT, IMPORT, EXPORT; these commands can be abbreviatedD to their initial character if desired. In addition, UPLOAD/TEXT and C DOWNLOAD/TEXT provide direct Mac-to-VMS text uploads and downloads. 3 Type The MACX command MACX>TYPE TEXTDOC J will display TEXTDOC on the screen. TEXTDOC must be a Macintosh text fileK appearin g in the MACX catalog; that is, it must have a VMS ".MAC" extension and a Macintosh "TEXT" type. F Lines exceeding 79 characters will be wrapped. The wrap length can be4 changed by including a /WRAP qualifier; for example, MACX>TYPE TEXTDOC/WRAP=72 3 Print The MACX command MACX>PRINT TEXTDOC F will print TEXTDOC on the system printer. TEXTDOC must be a MacintoshK text file appearing in the MACX catalog; that is, it must have a VMS ".MAC" & extension and a Macintosh "TEXT" type. F Li nes exceeding 79 characters will be wrapped. The wrap length can be4 changed by including a /WRAP qualifier; for example, MACX>PRINT TEXTDOC/WRAP=72 E Printers other than the system printer can be specified with the /OUT qualifier; for example, MACX>PRINT TEXTDOC/OUT=QUME: 3 Import 3 Export 3 Upload9 MACX>UPLOAD filename.ext/TEXT performs a "text upload." K a) The file you send must be a Macintosh text file. Examples of text files F are: MacWrite files you save using the "TEXT O NLY" option; MacTerminalH documents; files produced by MockWrite or captured by MockTerminal; and < MS-BASIC programs that have been saved with the TEXT option. L b) "filename.ext" should be a full VMS filename with extension; for example,- "note.txt". Do NOT use the extension ".mac". M c) You should use the normal MACX file transfer settings: XMODEM/MacTerminal. Do NOT use any other settings. F d) When the transfer is complete, the file will NOT appear in the MACXJ catalog. It will appear in the normal VMS directory with the filename andF extension you specified, and can be handled as a normal VMS text file.
3 Download= MACX>DOWNLOAD filename.ext/TEXT performs a "text download." L a) "filename.ext" should be a full VMS filename with extension; for example,I "note.txt" or "letter.rno". The file must be a normal VMS text file, one I that you could edit with EDT or type out with TYPE. These files will NOT appear in a MACX catalog. M b) You should use the normal MACX file transfe r settings: XMODEM/MacTerminal. Do NOT use any other settings. G c) The downloaded file will appear on your Macintosh as a MacWrite TEXT file. w w
