[comp.os.vms] FTPing TAR file to VMS machine.

MRL@PFC-VAX.MIT.EDU (12/26/87)

Is there a way of FTPing a TAR file from a UNIX machine to a VMS machine?
I did a simple ascii transfer, and then tried to edit the TAR file to extract
the file contained in it.  However, it appears the last line (or so) of
each file is missing, possibly overwritten by the header of the succeeding
file.  Is there a method of transfer that works?  Thanks.
							Mark
MRL%PFC-VAX.MIT.EDU@XX.LCS.MIT.EDU

bcking@io.UUCP (Christine King) (12/29/87)

The 'tar' file is not an ASCII file: you have to tell FTP that it's of
type "binary" or "image" (same thing).  So:

    ftp> image
    ftp> put file.tar
-- 
MONIKER:	Christine King
UUCP:		...{ihnp4!harvard!umb,sun!sunne,mirror}!ileaf!bcking
PHONE:		(617) 577-9800
USMAIL:		Interleaf Inc, Ten Canal Park, Cambridge MA 02141