[fa.info-vax] Vagaries of VMS Known Files

info-vax (08/12/82)

>From lblg!sventek#j@LBL-UNIX Thu Aug 12 15:06:58 1982
If you examine the output of the trnlog_s invocation, you will probably find
that the first four characters are some binary garbage.  This stuff is
prepended to the resultant string of the known files SYS$OUTPUT and
SYS$ERROR.  The system service manual entry for trnlog_s explains what must
be done to get rid of the binary garbage.  Your assign_s system call should
then succeed.  This problem only occurs when you use one of the known
file logical names.

Joe Sventek