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Article #3867Re: FTP and save sets
From: gmt
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1987 23:34
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 1987 23:34
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For FTPing VMS save sets we use a trick based on an earlier posting by
H}vard Eidnes:
1. Fetch the save set using binary mode FTP.
2. Backup any handy file to create a trivial save set with the right block
size.
3. Use COPY/OVERLAY to copy the real save set on top of this one. The result
is a save set with the right data and attributes.
This requires no special encoding of the save set. This is a big advantage
to us because we don't need to distribute a decoder to people fetching from
us. Agreed, it would be nicer if this trick wasn't necessary, but it works.
Gregg Townsend / Computer Science Dept / Univ of Arizona / Tucson, AZ 85721
+1 602 621 4325 gmt@Arizona.EDU 110 57 17 W / 32 13 47 N / +758m
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