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- From: terry@spcvxb.spc.edu (Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr.)
- Newsgroups: vmsnet.misc,vmsnet.networks.misc
- Subject: Re: Record type after file transfer
- Message-ID: <1992Nov6.064304.4332@spcvxb.spc.edu>
- Date: 6 Nov 92 11:43:03 GMT
- References: <1992Nov5.172743.23810@arbi.Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE>
- Organization: St. Peter's College, US
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- In article <1992Nov5.172743.23810@arbi.Informatik.Uni-Oldenburg.DE>, Torge.Schmidt@arbi.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de (Torge Schmidt) writes:
- > The most curious thing is that VMS _is_ able to run an
- > .EXE-file, which is of
- > Record format: Stream_LF
- > Record attributes: Carriage return carriage control
- > But I won't rely on this, who knows, how the next versions of
- > VMS will handle this. Furthermore, other programs and utilities
- > presumably can't handle converted files (RALLY? RDB?).
-
- Yup. The image activator uses block I/O. It will even load "undefined" file
- types. However, that's only the image activator. Things like PATCH will likely
- be upset by funny file formats.
-
- > My questions:
- > 1. How do I get ZMODEM (or Kermit, if this is, what you can
- > answer) to _not_ converting the file type? Is such a version
- > available somewhere on the InterNet?
-
- In Bliss Kermit-32, you do SET FILE TYPE FIXED and SET FILE BLOCKSIZE 32256.
- In C-Kermit, you either use FILE TYPE LABELED (which preserves all attributes)
- or SET FILE RECORD-LENGTH 32256.
-
- You can get both Kermit versions from watsun.cc.columbia.edu. The Bliss one
- is in kermit/b/vms*.*. The C-Kermit one is in kermit/sw/ck*.*. Note that C-
- Kermit has a number of large performance improvements over Bliss Kermit-32. As
- soon as the public beta test period ends, C-Kermit will replace Bliss Kermit-32
- as the "default" VMS Kermit. The Bliss version is not actively supported at
- this time.
-
- > 2. How do I restore the record type of the
- > received file? CREATE/FDL doesn't work, due to a RMS-error
- > (something about to big record or buffer size)
-
- I suggest you get Joe Meadow's FILE utility, available from ftp.spc.edu and
- other fine archive sites 8-).
-
- > Please email answers directly to me, as I am reading this group
- > only frequently.
-
- I'm posting as well in case the answers are of interest to other folks.
-
- Terry Kennedy Operations Manager, Academic Computing
- terry@spcvxa.bitnet St. Peter's College, Jersey City, NJ USA
- terry@spcvxa.spc.edu +1 201 915 9381
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