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From: jbw@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Jingbai  Wang)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Re: transfer of DVI-file from IBM-PC to VAX
Message-ID: <21277@unix.cis.pitt.edu>
Date: 22 Dec 89 17:53:58 GMT
References: <2874@ethz.UUCP>
Reply-To: jbw@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Jingbai  Wang)
Organization: Univ. of Pittsburgh, Comp & Info Services
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In article <2874@ethz.UUCP> tilo@nmr.lpc.ethz.ch writes:
>
>I tried to tranfer a dvi-file created on a IBM-PC to a VAX.
>Beim verarbeiten auf der VAX bekomme ich allerdings immer
>die Fehlermeldung Invalid DVI-File Format.
>
>I assumed that DVI-file formats are identical on different
>systems.?? 
>
>Thanks for any help
>
>
>Tilo Levante
>ETH Zuerich
>Labor fuer physikalische Chemie
>8092 Zuerich


From the English parts I can understand, you can do the following:

with kermit,

on VAX/VMS
kermit-32>set file type fixed
kermit-32>server
...
ms-kermit>send mydvi.dvi

DVI file on VMS has fixed record length of 512bytes/record. If you use
binary mode, the record length is screwed up.

With ftp:

ftp>binary
ftp>put mydvi.dvi


JB Wang