[comp.os.vms] Copying ISAM or other weird files over DECnet

EVERHART%ARISIA@rca.COM.UUCP (09/30/87)

To copy ISAM or other file formats RSX doesn't understand, my solution
on the PDP11 is to use LBR to create a universal library (.ULB) file
which can then be copied as a 512 byte fixed record length file.
	On VAX one can use Backup to build container files a bit more
easily; LBR needs unique 6 (!) character filenames, so a rename file
in the library is generally needed.
	Of course if you have the ATT utility off the RSX SIG tapes
you can just record the original attributes by hand, bash the file
to 512 bytes fixed, then copy and bash back to ISAM on the other
end. The utility works a bit flakily on VMS, but Joe Meadow's
recently posted FILE program can be used the same way. This has
the advantage that you need copy only the original file, no extra
cruft. However, if you lose the copy of the attributes, your file
may be useless to you later.
Glenn Everhart
Everhart%Arisia.decnet@ge-crd.arpa