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Conference 7.286::atarist

Title:Atari ST, TT, & Falcon
Notice:Please read note 1.0 and its replies before posting!
Moderator:FUNYET::ANDERSON
Created:Mon Apr 04 1988
Last Modified:Tue May 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1433
Total number of notes:10312

342.0. "Having Problems with STRANSF...." by ASPEN2::BOIKO () Wed Dec 14 1988 00:39

	I've been attempting to downline load PD ST software from my
	VS-II to my ST at home. But, all attempts to use STRANSF have 
	failed. I have not had any problem running multiple sessions 
	with Whack, and only now under VMS 5.0 are having problems with 
	STRANSF.

	Jeff or anyone, have any ideas as to the cause of the problem?

	Here's what I get:
================================================================================
ASPEN2> stransf get sheet14.arc d:
Transmitting sheet14.arc to Whack as d:

Transfer aborted on demand by Whack.  User abort or file write error.
%NONAME-W-NOMSG, Message number 00000000
ASPEN2>
================================================================================

								Thanks
								-mike-
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342.1Pilot errorPRNSYS::LOMICKAJJeff LomickaWed Dec 14 1988 10:2812
STRANSF doesn't apply any defaults for the filename and type.  You must
full specify the file name, as in,

	stransf get foo.arc d:\foo.arc
			      --------
It won't pick up the file name from the input file and use it for the
output file.  (It would be nice.  As they say, you have the sources...)

Whack threw "d:" at Fopen(), and GEMDOS returned a file open error,
which Whack correctly reported back as a failure status code.

(Of course, a better error message would be nice too.)
342.2I tried that too...ASPEN2::BOIKOWed Dec 14 1988 12:3511
    	Sorry, I should have used another example - ie. with the output 
    	file included, stransf get sheet14.arc d:sheet14.arc.... Yes, I
    	tried both, and "no go", I still get the same message even with
    	an output file defined. 
    
    	Jeff, have you ever seen this? This is the first time for me. 
    	Just for the record, I'm running VMS Version V5.0-1D0 with 
    	DECwindows.          
    
    							Thanks
    							-mike-
342.3Okay, how long before you get the error?PRNSYS::LOMICKAJJeff LomickaWed Dec 14 1988 15:2620
Do you perhaps run out of disk space?  This would cause the same error.

I hunted through the sources for places where I send this error code,
and they are the following:

	Failure code from GEMDOS Fcreate( filename, 0).  THis would happen if the
	filename was invalid, or the disk was already full.

	User abort by hitting a key and saying "YES" to the "Abort" question.

	Host sends a send-file, receive-file, or transmit-file command while 
	the transfer is in progress. [Not likely, unless comm line is really
	confused.]

	Failure code from GEMDOS Fwrite().  This would happen if the disk
	was full or the write verify failed.

	A reset session is performed on SET-UP.

	The session is deleted.
342.4Problem Solved...ASPEN2::BOIKOThu Dec 15 1988 10:316
    Jeff,
    
    	Thanks for the help...the problem was a ramdisk/memory issue and
    	has been solved.
    
    							-mike-