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by Wizard » Wed Nov 10, 2004 8:26 am
Many things can corrupt the structure of a file, including Windows and Advanced Server, errant FTP transfer modes, and limitations of any of the potential intervening file systems or transfer tools.
Network file transfer operations can also strip off record attribute settings, and can otherwise play havoc with files -- such details as the sequential file formats can be of interest, as only a small subset of the OpenVMS sequential file formats are disk-level compatible with other platforms, as well.
The OpenVMS Wizard generally uses zip, and specifies the capital V option (in quotes) to preserve the OpenVMS file attributes. Other options include using $ CONVERT or $ SET FILE/ATTRIBUTES to reconstitute record structures or to reset corrupted file attributes.
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marty.stu on Tue Jan 11, 2022 10:03 am, edited 2 times in total.