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In article <566@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU>, choong@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU
(Choong Huei Seow) writes:
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< I need to load some files from a tape produced by Vax/VMS onto an
< Ultrix system. I initially brought the files up onto a VMS system and
< then used ftp to transfer it over to the Ultrix system. All the files
< except for one were fine, the corrupted file seemed to be a binary
< file. I am quite sure that the correct modes were set during the ftp
< transfer. I suspect that a conversion from a VMS binary format to an
< Ultrix binary format file is needed. Could anyone help me out or give
< me pointers towards a solution ?
< 

I hope by "binary format" you mean floating point and/or integer
NUMBER format and not object code format?

There is no way to simply convert object code from VMS to Ultrix
even though the machine instructions are the same.  The operating
system calls, object file format, etc. are all different.

The format of floating point numbers and integers should be the
same for both systems, although if you have an unformatted file
from a fortran program the record format may be different on the
two operating systems.

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Brian V. Smith    (bvsmith@lbl.gov)
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
I don't speak for LBL, these non-opinions are all mine.