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- From: davis@pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu ("John E. Davis")
- Subject: Task to task decnet problem
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- Reply-To: davis@amy.tch.harvard.edu (John E. Davis)
- Organization: "Dept. of Physics, The Ohio State University"
- Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 20:40:06 GMT
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- Hi,
-
- I am trying to write an application which communicates across DECnet from a
- system running VMS 4.7 to one run running VMS 5.4-1. This purpose of this
- program is to copy files from a unix host via multinet's rcp to the VMS 4.7
- system then copy them to the VMS 5.4-1 system which does not have multinet.
- This part is easy enough. Here is the hard part.
-
- The VMS 5.4-1 system has a 3-1/2 in floppy which we access using the
- PCX program to read and write MSDOS files. Once the copy has been made from
- VSM 4.7 to the 5.4-1 system, I'd like to run PCX to move the files to the
- floppy in an MSDOS format. However, I'd like to do all of this from the VMS
- 4.7 system.
-
- Hence, the upshot is the transfer of files from a unix host to a 3-1/2 in
- floppy in an MSDOS format. Unfortunately, due to hardware and software
- constraints, this must be done through an intermediate machine.
-
- Currently I have a test account setup on the 5.4-1 machine so that users
- can login to and run PCX to move the files to the floppy. However, I do not
- like this arrangement and I am looking for a better way. Unfortunately, our
- users lack any sort of sophistication (a mouse with more than ONE button is
- too much) so I need the whole process to be command file driven from the VMS
- 4.7 system. Above all, I want it to be reasonably secure.
-
- In about 6 months, we are installing Multinet on the system, with the
- floppy but I need a solution Today. Any hints on how to do this via DECnet
- TASK to TASK in a reasonably secure fashion will be greatly appreciated.
-
- Thanks,
- --
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