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Subject: Re: IP to DECNET translation ????
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Date: Sat, 16-May-87 20:22:13 EDT
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In article <1505@uwmacc.UUCP> ejnorman@unix.macc.wisc.edu.UUCP (Eric Norman) writes:
>
>I just copied a file from a DECnet host to an IP host using
>a MicroVAX running Ultrix as an intermediary with
>
>  rsh ultrix-host dcat decnet-node::vms-file > unix-file
>

We do this all the time with our Sunlink DNA gateway. I define the following:

alias sethost  on -i dna-gateway dnalogin !$

in my .cshrc, and then can remotely login from any Unix node in our internet
to any DECnet node accesable via the Sunlink DNA DECnet gateway "dna-gateway"
with the following command:

sethost decnetnode

Similar aliases can be setup for file transfer, the "on" utility
exporting your filesystem enviornment to the gateway machine via NFS, which
is handy when you are transfering multiple files.