MLO@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU (LORETI, Maurizio) (03/22/91)
Hello, net people - I have read with interest a message from Bob Fillmore
(FILLMORE@EMRCAN.BITNET) about binary files in NETDATA format sent over
BITNET, and dated Feb. 3. Basically the problem is that binary files (e.g.
.zoo files from ftp sites) in this format, when received from a VAX node
with the RECEIVE/BINARY command are stored in a bad format (variable
length instead that fixed length etc.) and, when downloaded from the VAX
to an Amiga using a communication program, cannot be decoded by ZOO. The
suggested solution was a file conversion using the convert/fdl VMS
command; BUT, when I tried a couple of days ago from my VAX running VMS
5.4 the suggested procedure, I got a lot of record-too-long like errors
and the output file was empty. So I wrote a straightforward program for
the VAX C compiler to read my binary files and rewrite them with the same
content and the correct attributes; a couple of .zoo files from
ux1.cso.uiuc.edu were translated OK. If anybody has the same problem and
is interested in this program, please EMail me and I will send the source.
Maurizio
Maurizio Loreti
Department of Physics, University of Padova
Padova, Italy
BITNET: LORETI@IPDINFN (also MLO@SLACVM)
INTERNET: LORETI@PADOVA.INFN.IT (also MLO@SLACVM.SLAC.STANFORD.EDU)