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- Subject: List of NFS filename translation (Unix->VMS)
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- From: bed_gdg@SHSU.edu (George D. Greenwade)
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 15:05:40 CST
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- Eventually, we will most likely have a NFS mount of a Unix host available
- as our anonymous ftp archives. Given the variety of possible filenames on
- Unix with their mixed casing and non-VMS-digestible characters (such as +),
- I am attempting to make a list of translations available in a readme-type
- file in the top-level directory (okay, so no one will read it, but at
- least it'll be there). Here is a general text of the file. What other
- translations am I missing and how can this be better stated (or how can I
- get MultiNet to honor these directly without translation -- whatta wish)?
-
- The NFS process allows for parsing of non-VMS characters, such as mixed
- case filenames, inclusion of the character "+" in a filename, and multiple
- periods in a filename. If there are no special characters, as outlined
- below, it is safe to assume that the equivalent filename on the Unix system
- is competely lowercase. Below is a brief translation outline:
-
- Purpose Character(s) Example (Unix) Example (VMS)
- Uppercase toggle $ Readme $R$EADME.
- README $README.
- Multiple period $5N file-1.2.ext FILE-1$5N2$5NEXT
- file.tar.Z FILE.TAR$5N$Z
- In the second example, the second $ is the
- uppercase toggle for the "Z"
- Plus signs $5K c++2latex.file C$5K$5K2LATEX$5NFILE
-
- The following example uses all of these parsing techniques:
- $C$5K$5K2L$A$T$E$X-1.1$5NTAR$Z
- which translates on Unix to:
- C++2LaTeX-1.1.tar.Z
-
- Regards, George
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