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Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

Title:	DECWINDOWS 26-JAN-89 to 29-NOV-90
Notice:	See 1639.0 for VMS V5.3 kit; 2043.0 for 5.4 IFT kit
Moderator:	STAR::VATNE

Created:	Mon Oct 30 1989
Last Modified:	Mon Dec 31 1990
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	3726
Total number of notes:	19516

417.0. "vms<-> ultrix file copy" by BAHTAT::ALDERTONM (Malcolm Alderton @LZO 845-2181) Thu Mar 16 1989 09:59

    A question from a Decwindows novice....
    
    A customer asked me about Decwindows ?bridge? yesterday; what he was
    wanting to know was :
    
    a)  How easy is it (and how is it done) to copy a file(s) from an
        Ultrix window to Vms window and vice versa.
       
    b)  How seamless is it, can it be done via a pull down option?
        (I think he was looking for a facility like the cut/paste of
        text between windows but for entire files, not just blocks of
        text within the files.)
     
    
    Thanks in advance for any info you can offer.
    
    
    Malcolm

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
417.1	DECnet has it now	SEAN::DAVIDSON		`Thu Mar 16 1989 15:34`	11
	If this is Ultrix and not Unix you can get DECnet-Ultrix and just use the DECnet-Ultrix dcp command to copy from ultrix to vms and use the vms copy command to copy from vms to ultrix. From VMS fileview you can use the pull down menu File and specify the output file including the ultrix node name. I would assume there is the same pull down menu on ultrix. Sean
417.2	from VMS use SPOOL (the old FTSV)	CADSYS::DIPACE	Alice DiPace	`Thu Mar 16 1989 23:36`	16
	re: <<< Note 417.1 by SEAN::DAVIDSON >>> > If this is Ultrix and not Unix you can get DECnet-Ultrix and just use > the DECnet-Ultrix dcp command to copy from ultrix to vms and use the > vms copy command to copy from vms to ultrix. Not for odd type files (stream, large records, etc). Using a vms copy commands causes vms to use RMS and you don't want rms coded files on the ultrix - you can end up with some extra bits you didn't ask for. We have used SPOOL or the FTSV programs, as they appear to do straight block io without trying to interpret the records. And it's fast. Alice
417.3		SEAN::DAVIDSON		`Fri Mar 17 1989 14:37`	7
	I haven't had any problems coping files from an Ultrix system to a VMS system with the normal VMS DCL copy command since stream_lf support has been added to FAL. Sean
417.4	"NFS Server" from VMS will work fine also..	FUEL::graham	if ya want home cookin, stay home	`Sun Mar 19 1989 03:21`	6
	With the Connection (UCX) you can use the ftp command to move files between any system that supports the 'file transfer protocol" and VMS systems. This essentially includes most UNIX systems. Kris.