Decnet PDP11/93 (RSX11M+)

[Steven Schweda]

> F.RSIZ, F.HIBK, F.EFBK, F.FFBY and (REST),
> but I don't know what means this parameters
> [...]

I know nothing, but some of these sound much
like the usual (VMS) RMS file attributes:

unsigned short int fat$w_rsize; /* record size in bytes */

unsigned long int fat$l_hiblk; /* highest allocated VBN */

unsigned long int fat$l_efblk; /* end of file VBN */

unsigned short int fat$w_ffbyte; /* first free byte in EFBLK */

[Robert Gezelter]

Pietro60,

Please post BOTH sets of attributes (identifying which is good and which is not).

- Bob Gezelter, http://www.rlgsc.com

[pietro60]

Here the files attached with different attributes.
The file decnet.txt is transferred by decnet to PDP.
The file kermit.txt is transferred by kermit to PDP.
The file pdp.txt is transferred by kermit and after convert to PDP format.
My target is to have the file like pdp.txt

Thanks

[Robert Gezelter]

Pietro,

Two questions:

- How was the attachment converted to an archive? PKZIP does not seem to find it is a valid archive (I will check UNZIP on OpenVMS later).

- While the files are useful, it is more important to do a dump (DMP) of the file header (as Steve mentioned in his earlier post) and post BOTH the correct and incorrect results as an attachment. The outputs are simple text files, and can be edited into a single file, with which file is which identified, and then attached as a TXT file.

- Bob Gezelter, http://www.rlgsc.com

[pietro60]

here the .TXT file

[Robert Gezelter · Accepted solution]

Pietro,

Grazie!

Interesting.

All three files transferred as Fixed length records. However, the record lengths (recorded in F.RSIZ) are different, as follows:

DECnet: 128
Kermit: 512
Converted: 60

Which is the correct record size?

- Bob Gezelter, http://www.rlgsc.com

[Robert Gezelter]

Pietro,

Re-reading the original posting in this thread, the problem would be that COPY/IMAGE preserves the file precisely and treats it as a binary image.

KERMIT is transferring fixed length records. Depending upon which versions of KERMIT are being used, there are various possibilities.

To clarify what is happening, please post the precise commands used to send the file via KERMIT on both the client and server sides. Note that the settings may be set during KERMIT initialization and may not directly be part of the command sequence used for sending the files.

- Bob Gezelter, http://www.rlgsc.com

[pietro60]

Dear Robert,

the file sent by Kermit has been transferred with parameter BINARY.

The file sent by DECnet has been transferred with the parmeter UNCONVERT.

Is there a parmeter to set on NFT to have the same resalt as the Kermit?

[Robert Gezelter]

Pietro,

Check the manual for the version of Pathworks that is being used.

I do not have the manuals near me at the moment, but recollection is that COPY/IMAGE and/or COPY/BINARY exists. Also, check the HELP text within NFT.

- Bob Gezelter, http://www.rlgsc.com

[pietro60]

With the command COY/IMAGE/MRS=60 ⠦⠦ the file transfered is compatible with the RSX11M PLUS.

Thank you very much, for all people helped me, especially to Mr. Robert.