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From: jbuck@epimass.UUCP (Joe Buck)
Newsgroups: comp.os.eunice
Subject: Re: vms format files and unix format files
Message-ID: <986@epimass.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 18-Mar-87 17:20:45 EST
Article-I.D.: epimass.986
Posted: Wed Mar 18 17:20:45 1987
Date-Received: Fri, 20-Mar-87 04:19:52 EST
References: <1250@uwmacc.UUCP>
Reply-To: jbuck@epimass.UUCP (Joe Buck)
Organization: Entropic Processing, Inc., Cupertino, CA
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In article <1250@uwmacc.UUCP> edwards@uwmacc.UUCP (mark edwards) writes:
>
> I have been playing around with rrn on Eunice these days and have
> notice some interesting (read: very frustrating and maddening )
> features of Eunice.

You aren't alone.  I did the Eunice code for 2.11 news.  What a bitch!

Shell scripts must be in "VMS format" (specifically, variable length,
carriage return format) to be executable.  Otherwise Eunice thinks
you're trying to execute a VMS image, and you get strange error
messages indicating that you're executing an invalid image (something
about $IMGACT failing).  You can say "sh file" or "csh file"
regardless of format, though.  But Wollongong could have had the
exec call check for the "#!" magic cookie regardless of format,
thus avoiding this problem.  But NOOOOO!

Also, doing random seeks and modifications to a file only works if
it's in Unix format.  Never let your active file get in VMS format,
or all bets are off.  Your news system will be trashed.
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