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Subject: Re: FTP and save sets
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Date: Thu, 19-Mar-87 18:34:42 EST
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For FTPing VMS save sets we use a trick based on an earlier posting by
H}vard Eidnes:

1.  Fetch the save set using binary mode FTP.
2.  Backup any handy file to create a trivial save set with the right block
    size.
3.  Use COPY/OVERLAY to copy the real save set on top of this one.  The result
    is a save set with the right data and attributes.

This requires no special encoding of the save set.  This is a big advantage
to us because we don't need to distribute a decoder to people fetching from
us.   Agreed, it would be nicer if this trick wasn't necessary, but it works.

     Gregg Townsend / Computer Science Dept / Univ of Arizona / Tucson, AZ 85721
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