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Conference hydra::axp-developer

Title:	Alpha Developer Support
Notice:	[email protected], 800-332-4786
Moderator:	HYDRA::SYSTEM

Created:	Mon Jun 06 1994
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	3722
Total number of notes:	11359

3325.0. "HSS" by HYDRA::NEWMAN (Chuck Newman, 508/467-5499 (DTN 297), MRO1-3/F26) Fri Mar 14 1997 17:56

    Company Name :  HSS
    Contact Name :  Steve?  *NOT* Bryce McLaughlin (sp)
    Phone        :  
    Fax          :  
    Email        :  
    Date/Time in :  14-MAR-1997 17:54:54
    Entered by   :  Chuck Newman
    SPE center   :  MRO

    Category     :  VMS
    OS Version   :  V5.5-2
    System H/W   :  VAX


    Brief Description of Problem:
    -----------------------------

He was in the porting center and had some stream files he needed in variable 
length format.

The system also wouldn't come up with DECwindows

He also needed help with BACKUP

Did I already say he's an IBM MVS guy?

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3325.1 One happy camper HYDRA::NEWMAN Chuck Newman, 508/467-5499 (DTN 297), MRO1-3/F26 Mon Mar 17 1997 10:13 20

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3325.1	One happy camper	HYDRA::NEWMAN	Chuck Newman, 508/467-5499 (DTN 297), MRO1-3/F26	`Mon Mar 17 1997 10:13`	20
	1) His tape was created on a UNIX system. The only way to get the files to the VAX was to use FTP and get them as binary files. Unfortunately, this left them with the wrong file attributes (fixed length 512-byte). I had to move them to a newer OpenVMS system so I could use SET FILE to set the file attributes to STREAM. I then used CONVERT with an FDL file to convert them to variable length records. Unfortunately, two files had odd record size, and this process ended up with files where records lost bytes. I then changed the FDL file to make the records be twice the desired size (and hence an even number) and used convert on them. Finally I used DCL to read each record, then write the first half followed by the second half. A quick pass through the editor to strip out blank lines at the end, and everything was okay. 2) The system had the AACRT fik installed (DECC RTL). As a result, CMA$TIS_SHR.EXE needs to be installed /open/head/shar/prot. There is a .COM file to do this, and I put a reference to it in SYS$STARTUP:SYSTARTUP_V5.COM. 3) I helped him create and verify his backup tape.

1)  His tape was created on a UNIX system.  The only way to get the files to the
VAX was to use FTP and get them as binary files.  Unfortunately, this left them
with the wrong file attributes (fixed length 512-byte).  I had to move them to a
newer OpenVMS system so I could use SET FILE to set the file attributes to
STREAM.  I then used CONVERT with an FDL file to convert them to variable length
records.  Unfortunately, two files had odd record size, and this process ended
up with files where records lost bytes.

I then changed the FDL file to make the records be twice the desired size (and
hence an even number) and used convert on them.  Finally I used DCL to read each
record, then write the first half followed by the second half.  A quick pass
through the editor to strip out blank lines at the end, and everything was okay.

2)  The system had the AACRT fik installed (DECC RTL).  As a result,
CMA$TIS_SHR.EXE needs to be installed /open/head/shar/prot.  There is
a .COM file to do this, and I put a reference to it in
SYS$STARTUP:SYSTARTUP_V5.COM.

3)  I helped him create and verify his backup tape.