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Subject: Jnet Problem
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Date: Sun, 28-Jun-87 15:00:00 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jun 28 15:00:00 1987
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I am resubmitting this to INFO-VAX as it didn't come through the first time.

>A good way to simulate the problem is to do a SEND/FILE/BINARY BLAH.EXE
>to yourself.  Then go into RECEIVE and do a RECEIVE/BINARY BLAH.EXE.
>If you do a DIR/FULL on the original, it is a Fixed block file.
>The RECEIVEd version is Variable length, Carriage control.

Well, I've found a solution to get the .EXE files to work right.  You need to
use CONVERT/FDL to convert the received file to a fixed block file again.  The
file CON.FDL is shown below:

RECORD
        FORMAT                  fixed
        SIZE                    512

  For the given example, you type:  $CONVERT/FDL=CON BLAH.EXE BLAH1.EXE
and BLAH1.EXE will be executable.

Oh, you also need to send it with the command:
$SEND/FILE/BINARY/NETDATA BLAH.EXE.


Stewart Baker
Manager, VLSI
Texas A&M University
SDB5442@TAMVENUS