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