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From: toshio@dhw68k.cts.com (George Toshio Suematsu)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: Transferring Binary Files to non-VMS Systems
Summary: Summary of responses:  I'm using MFTU and it works!
Keywords: Binary Files
Message-ID: <10355@dhw68k.cts.com>
Date: 7 Aug 88 19:08:14 GMT
References: <10044@dhw68k.cts.com>
Organization: Wolfskill residence; Anaheim, CA (USA)
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In article <10044@dhw68k.cts.com>, toshio@dhw68k.cts.com (George Toshio Suematsu) writes:
> Hello,
> 
> I would like to transfer VMS binary file to a non-VMS system, then back
> to another VMS system.  For instance, I'd like to transfer a VMS object
> file to a TOPS-20 system then to a second VMS system for linking purposes.
> Or perhaps use 5.25 inch floppies in DOS formats to store the object,
> carry the floppy to another site to load it onto another VAX.
> 
> I imagine I could convert the object to an ASCII format, store or transfer
> it in the ASCII format, then convert it back.  Can I use the CONVERT 
> utility for this?  Perhaps put it in a BACKUP save set?  I think I need
> something like UUCODE/UUDECODE that considers the file type formats.

Hello again,

Thanks for the responses to the above article.  One suggestion was to use
KERMIT.  I tried this originally, but KERMIT seems to modify the format of
VMS objects so the linker doesn't understand it.  A second suggestion was
a $50.00 program; I prefer a good PD program.

A few days after I posted the above article, a program called MFTU was 
posted to comp.os.vms.  I downloaded the message, built the program, and
tested it on a 22 block object file in about 25 minutes.  It works great.

George

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