Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!decwrl!ucbvax!MC.LCS.MIT.EDU!KFL%MX.LCS.MIT.EDU From: KFL%MX.LCS.MIT.EDU@MC.LCS.MIT.EDU.UUCP Newsgroups: mod.computers.vax Subject: Alternative to $QIO Message-ID: <[MX.LCS.MIT.EDU].932363.860710.KFL> Date: Thu, 10-Jul-86 22:24:42 EDT Article-I.D.: <[MX.LCS.MIT.EDU].932363.860710.KFL> Posted: Thu Jul 10 22:24:42 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 12-Jul-86 01:13:08 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 18 Approved: info-vax@sri-kl.arpa From: Jerry Mungle The message about VMS falling down in flames because CRs are missing would be funny if it weren't soooooo true. I want to process a file, stream_lf format, which has NO LFs. VMS/RMS chokes. I can't copy it, I can't type it; the system just gives up. Not enough buffer space! FORTRAN will not read it, so I crank out the qio calls. Apparently I'm not enough of a master of qio to get it to work either ( I ask for 80 characters, and the error message tells me my 5440 byte buffer isn't big enoug. What 5440 byte buffer? ). Ah well, back to the manuals. At least I won't worry about running out of reading material. :-) Try using The VMS utility DUMP. I have found that it can read almost any file. And it produces a reasonable text file filled with hex that can be easily read with a vanilla Fortran program. Much easier and safer than summoning the demon QIO. ...Keith