VSI OpenVMS Forum

Posted: **Tue Nov 09, 2004 8:26 am**

When we do a file transfer between an Alphaserver running VMS 7.3.1 and Pathworks and a Windows NT PC we get the following error when we try to open the file on the OpenVMS system.

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-CAM-E-FILOPNERR, Cannot open file ALPHA1$DKA200:[ECS.GL]TEST.CNF;1
-RMS-F-IFA, illegal file attributes detected (file header corrupted)
-NONAME-W-NOMSG, Message number 00000000
%CAM-F-ABORT, PARS aborted

Are there some setting PATHWORKS set that changes the file attribbutes ?

Posted: **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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