Conference hydra::amiga_v1

4219.0. "ARC/CVTARC/VMS" by SUOIS4::BLATZHEIM (Udo - @SUT - DTN: 765-5232) Tue Oct 23 1990 13:31

I copied from WJG::[AMIGA] a lot of *.zoo-files. then a copy with PCSA to a
DECstation350 and with CROSSDOS diskette to my amiga. It works fine.
Then i copie SEDT23.ARC at the same way and the problems starts.
"Bad arc header and so on"

I read a lot of notes about VMS / ARC / CVTARC, then i copied ARC.EXE and 
CVTARC.EXE from WJG::WJG$DUA1:[AMIGA]

but i found no way to run successful ARC or CVTARC. 

i got the following vms_messages.

what's me mistake?

thank you in advance
                 - Udo
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
$ sho def
  USR$DISK3:[BLATZHEIM]

$ cvt :== $disk3:[blatzheim]cvtarc

$ cvt v sedt.arc

%DCL-W-ACTIMAGE, error activating image DISK3:[BLATZHEIM]CVTARC
-CLI-E-IMGNAME, image file DISK3:[BLATZHEIM]CVTARC.EXE;
-RMS-F-DEV, error in device name or inappropriate device type for operation

$ cvt :== usr$disk3:[blatzheim]cvtarc

$ cvt v sedt.arc

%DCL-W-IVVERB, unrecognized command verb - check validity and spelling
 \USR$DISK3\

$ sho log

(LNM$PROCESS_TABLE)

  "EDTINI" = "SYS$LOGIN:EDTINI.EDT"
  "SYS$COMMAND" = "_SUOIS4$RTA1:"
  "SYS$DISK" = "USR$DISK3:"
  "SYS$ERROR" = "_SUOIS4$RTA1:"
  "SYS$INPUT" = "_SUOIS4$RTA1:"
  "SYS$OUTPUT" [super] = "_SUOIS4$RTA1:"
  "SYS$OUTPUT" [exec] = "_SUOIS4$RTA1:"
  "SYS$PRINT" = "LNT14:"
  "TT" = "RTA1:"

$ run cvtarc

%SYSTEM-F-ACCVIO, access violation, reason mask=00, virtual address=00000000, PC=00001A7E, PSL=03C00001
%TRACE-F-TRACEBACK, symbolic stack dump follows
module name     routine name                     line       rel PC    abs PC

CVTARC          main                              189      0000007E  00001A7E

$ run cvtarc -v sedt.arc

%DCL-W-MAXPARM, too many parameters - reenter command with fewer parameters

$ run arc -l sedt.arc

%DCL-W-MAXPARM, too many parameters - reenter command with fewer parameters
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You want

$ cvt :== $usr$disk3:[blatzheim]cvtarc

instead of

$ cvt :== usr$disk3:[blatzheim]cvtarc

    I haven't used cvtarc on vms for awhile but noticed that it is no
    longer working, possibly related to running VMS V5.5 now??
    
    It gets the following error message:
    
    %SYSTEM-F-ACCVIO, access violation, reason mask=00, -
      virtual address=00000000, PC=0000127B, PSL=03C00001
    %TRACE-F-TRACEBACK, symbolic stack dump follows
    module name routine name             line       rel PC  abs PC
    
    CVTARC      main                     106       0000007B 0000127B
    
    
    Is this do to VMS V5.5?
    Is there a newer version of CVTARC?
    
    Randy 
    

    CVTARC will always ACCVIO if run using the RUN command. It must be
    setup as a foriegn command and passed at least 1 parameter. 
    
    I just tried it and it works fine here on VMS V5.5-M2
    
    John

    Sorry,  I thought it was like other utilities that would come back with
    a little help if you didn't pass it a parameter.
    
    Randy