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| 880.1 | | PLDVAX::SMCAFEE | Steve McAfee | Fri Nov 06 1987 16:18 | 14 |
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You might want to try running CVTARC on the files in question.
I use KERMIT most of the time and I always "CVTARC V filename" the
files on the vax before I download them. This gets the files into
a 510 byte variable length record format which Kermit likes.
I've downloaded both of the ARC files you mentioned in this manner.
BTW I think the VMS ARC.EXE only works in a limited number of modes
I one I've used is "ARC X filename". "ARC L filename" never seems to
work.
regards,
steve mcafee
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| 880.2 | | BAGELS::BRANNON | Dave Brannon | Fri Nov 06 1987 17:26 | 14 |
| do a dir/full of any arc file you plan to download
cvtarc u filename will convert the arc file to a format that
VMS ARC.EXE can use.
cvtarc v filename will convert the arc file to a format that
VMSSWEEP.EXE and KERMIT can use.
I now just use VMSSWEEP as a sanity check before downloading with
KERMIT. I have encountered arc files that KERMIT said transferred
ok, but were corrupted by line noise. But if all the files are
corrupted, that usually means the file wasn't in the form KERMIT
expected it.
-Dave
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| 880.3 | SET FILE BINARY!! | MPGS::BAEDER | | Fri Nov 06 1987 21:08 | 11 |
| re: .1
arc on vms is a full implementation of arc...just be sure the file
is in stream_lf format...
re: .0
Don't forget to tell kermit AND the vt100 or other DL prog on the
amiga that it is a BINARY file....in kermit SET FILE TYPE BINARY
befor the DL starts...
scott.
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| 880.4 | Goods news, and bad news. | MEIS::ZIMMERMAN | Angry goose! Angry, angry goose! | Sat Nov 07 1987 10:44 | 24 |
| I ran an ARC file through CVTARC-U, and the header errors disappeared
on the VMS side. Amazing! But I still get errors on the downloaded
files.
I'm using a version of Dave Wecker's VT100 that I found on Fish Disk
29, which supports both XMODEM and KERMIT formats. As a check, I
also tried a copy of AmigaTerm that I found on BCS disk 5, which
supports XMODEM only. I use the binary (or image) option on either
program.
XMODEM won't touch the stream versions of the files. I tried all the
options on the VMS side - S, SC, ST, STC - and XMODEM on the Amiga
side just hangs out "waiting for a character", it says.
KERMIT will transfer blocked versions of the files, but there are
header errors afterwards. I set the KERMIT-32 file type to binary,
and defaulted the rest.
Does this sound kosher so far? I get the feeling there's a magic
word here somewhere that I haven't uttered. How about TERM settings?
In a previous note, someone suggested setting EIGHTBIT, PASSALL, and
PASSTHRU. Is that required?
- Cliff
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| 880.5 | | BAGELS::BRANNON | Dave Brannon | Sat Nov 07 1987 22:47 | 13 |
| RE:.4
set term/nobroad/eight
before invoking kermit for binary file transfers
kermit>set file type binary
and also set VT100 to Image transfer
but the arc file must be in fixed format, not stream
Even after all that i still sometimes get corrupted
arc files due to noisy lines or bad modem.
-dave
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| 880.6 | Life is sweet again! | MEIS::ZIMMERMAN | Angry goose! Angry, angry goose! | Tue Nov 10 1987 11:33 | 7 |
| EIGHT was the magic word! Everything works great now. Thanks for
the help, everyone!
- Cliff
PS to anyone else just starting out in the Enet PD world: Copy Mike
Liebow's VT200 program FIRST. It's terrific.
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