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- From: pjdm@chmeee.enet.dec.com (Peter Mayne)
- Subject: Re: How to specify file attributes for DECnet copy?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan5.233643.16947@ryn.mro4.dec.com>
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- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
- References: <AYH0Y3E@netmbx.netmbx.de>
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 23:36:43 GMT
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- In article <AYH0Y3E@netmbx.netmbx.de>, weis@netmbx.netmbx.de (Dietmar Weis) writes:
- >I have to copy on a *VMS* node a file *from* that node *to* an
- >Ultrix node via DECnet in order to process it later on from a PC.
- >
- >I wanted copy to convert the VMS file name specifications to Ultrix
- >specification: strip off version number and convert to lowercase.
- >
- >It seems to me, that COPY and none of its qualifiers will do that: the file
- >is created uppercase and with version number. The problem then: this file
- >can't be seen from a Pathworks PC.
- >
- >Is there a way to prevent this? The copy command looks like this:
- >VMS $ COPY FILE.EXT ULTRIX"ACCOUNT PASSWORD"::
- >
- >What I *do not* need are workarounds like initiating the copy from Ultrix
- >or DOS (where this conversion will be done, of course).
-
- $ copy file.ext ultrix::"file.ext"
-
- works fine for me.
-
- >BTW, is there a way to give the file another protection while created
- >by fal (it does not work with COPY/PROTECTION). Fal does not process
- >.login or .profile, so setting the umask there is of no avail. Is there
- >a special startup script for fal (i.e. .fal)?
-
- ncp show object fal char
-
- >Thank you very much,
- >Dietmar
-
- PJDM
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