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From: siggins@kodak.com (Richard Siggins, B-150B, Eastman Chemical Company Research, X- 3762)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Binary File Compatibility Between ULTRIX and Other UNIX Systems
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Date: 5 Apr 91 21:29:24 GMT
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As a new UNIX systems person I was dismayed to discover that floating point and
integer numbers are not stored in the same format in a binary file on ULTRIX vs
most other UNIX systems.  It seems that the bytes are in the reverse order or
some similar condition.   Does anyone know of a file transfer method that will
correctly translate the data?   In particular I am interested in data from an
IBM RS6000 and a DECsystem 5000.

Thanks.

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