Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.3 4.3bsd-beta 6/6/85; site ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Path: utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!IRLEARN.BITNET!LISTSERV From: LISTSERV@IRLEARN.BITNET (Revised List Processor, 1.5b) Newsgroups: mod.computers.vax Subject: File: "INFO-VAX MAIL" being sent to you Message-ID: <8611080754.AA25012@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: Wed, 5-Nov-86 04:27:00 EST Article-I.D.: ucbvax.8611080754.AA25012 Posted: Wed Nov 5 04:27:00 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 8-Nov-86 16:51:36 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 29 Approved: info-vax@sri-kl.arpa Received: from SRI-KL.ARPA by wiscvm.wisc.edu on 11/05/86 at 03:21:14 CST Received: from WISCVM.WISC.EDU by SRI-KL.ARPA with TCP; Tue 4 Nov 86 05:18:28-PST Received: from (MAILER)UKACRL.BITNET by WISCVM.WISC.EDU on 11/04/86 at 07:18:04 CST Return-path: EMAILDEV@UKACRL.BITNET Received: By UK.AC.RL.IB (MAILER) ; Tue, 04 Nov 86 11:24:52 GMT Via: UK.AC.KCL.PH.IPG; 4 NOV 86 11:24:42 BST Date: 4-NOV-1986 11:24:18 From: SYSMGR%UK.AC.KCL.PH.IPG@AC.UK To: INFO-VAX@SRI-KL.ARPA Subject: Re: reading a 'corrupt' stream_LF file Since this has been going for days and nobody has made the suggestion that I was anticipating... If all else fails, map the file into VM with $CRMPSC. Then pass it to a program written in a language of your choice which interprets it as a string of bytes and inserts a correct record structure, writing a new file with RMS. Caveat - I have used this trick before but not for the case under discussion. Nigel Arnot (Dept. Physics, Kings college, Univ. of London; U.K) Bitnet/NetNorth/Earn: sysmgr@ipg.ph.kcl.ac.uk (or) sysmgr%kcl.ph.vaxa@ac.uk Arpa : sysmgr%ipg.ph.kcl.ac.uk@ucl-cs.arpa