KFL%MX.LCS.MIT.EDU@MC.LCS.MIT.EDU.UUCP (07/11/86)
From: Jerry Mungle <JMUNGLE@ADA20.ISI.EDU>
The message about VMS falling down in flames because CRs are missing
would be funny if it weren't soooooo true. I want to process a file,
stream_lf format, which has NO LFs. VMS/RMS chokes. I can't copy it,
I can't type it; the system just gives up. Not enough buffer space!
FORTRAN will not read it, so I crank out the qio calls. Apparently I'm
not enough of a master of qio to get it to work either ( I ask for 80
characters, and the error message tells me my 5440 byte buffer isn't big
enoug. What 5440 byte buffer? ). Ah well, back to the manuals. At
least I won't worry about running out of reading material. :-)
Try using The VMS utility DUMP. I have found that it can read almost
any file. And it produces a reasonable text file filled with hex that can
be easily read with a vanilla Fortran program. Much easier and safer than
summoning the demon QIO.
...Keith