choong@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Choong Huei Seow) (08/23/89)
I need to load some files from a tape produced by Vax/VMS onto an Ultrix system. I initially brought the files up onto a VMS system and then used ftp to transfer it over to the Ultrix system. All the files except for one were fine, the corrupted file seemed to be a binary file. I am quite sure that the correct modes were set during the ftp transfer. I suspect that a conversion from a VMS binary format to an Ultrix binary format file is needed. Could anyone help me out or give me pointers towards a solution ? thanks, Choong Seow
envbvs@epb2.lbl.gov (Brian V. Smith) (08/24/89)
In article <566@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU>, choong@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Choong Huei Seow) writes: < < I need to load some files from a tape produced by Vax/VMS onto an < Ultrix system. I initially brought the files up onto a VMS system and < then used ftp to transfer it over to the Ultrix system. All the files < except for one were fine, the corrupted file seemed to be a binary < file. I am quite sure that the correct modes were set during the ftp < transfer. I suspect that a conversion from a VMS binary format to an < Ultrix binary format file is needed. Could anyone help me out or give < me pointers towards a solution ? < I hope by "binary format" you mean floating point and/or integer NUMBER format and not object code format? There is no way to simply convert object code from VMS to Ultrix even though the machine instructions are the same. The operating system calls, object file format, etc. are all different. The format of floating point numbers and integers should be the same for both systems, although if you have an unformatted file from a fortran program the record format may be different on the two operating systems. _____________________________________ Brian V. Smith (bvsmith@lbl.gov) Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory I don't speak for LBL, these non-opinions are all mine.