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Date: 9 Jan 90 17:23:28 GMT
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We have encountered an odd problem with FTP on FAL from both server
and client modes.  When moving a fixed length file, with lrecl 133, with
more than 1334 records, FAL inserts two random characters at the end
of the 1335th record.  This causes havoc with data files and disturbs
the display of files on the receiving machine since the characters
inserted are often a carriage-return/line-feed.  It does not appear
to matter what type of machine is receiving the file.  We have tested
two VAX/VMS systems running different TCP/IP packages and a Sun system.
They all failed the same way.

This problem does not occur with fixed length, lrecl 132 files or
fixed length, lrecl 134 files or fixed length, lrecl 80 files or
variable length, lrecl 133 files or fixed length, lrecl 133 files of
less than 1335 records.

Has anyone else encountered this problem?  Any ideas on the cause and/or
solution?  Thanks
               Marla Meehl