Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!psuvm!EMRCAN!FILLMORE From: FILLMORE@EMRCAN.BITNET (Bob Fillmore) Newsgroups: bit.listserv.i-amiga Subject: Using BITFTP from a VAX/VMS/Jnet environment Message-ID: Date: 3 Feb 90 21:03:00 GMT Sender: Info-Amiga List Reply-To: Info-Amiga List Lines: 28 Approved: NETNEWS@PSUVM Gateway Original_To: JNET%"i-amiga@utoronto" Here is a procedure for all you Amiga people using BITFTP to get ZOO files into a VAX/VMS system. The basic problem is that RECEIVE/BINARY puts the wrong carriage control attribute on the file. If you then try to use ZOO on it ZOO will complain. To fix the carriage control attribute: 1) analyze/rms/fdl xyz.zoo 2) ed/fdl xyz.fdl You are now in the full-screen file definition languge editor. You want to MODIFY the RECORD attribute CARRIAGE-CONTROL by setting it to NONE (the menus are fairly strightforward). Exit from the FDL editor - a new version of xyz.fdl will be written. 3) convert/fdl=xyz.fdl xyz.zoo xyz2.zoo 4) kermit/zmodem/whatever xyz2.zoo to your Amiga (binary mode) or use VAX/VMS ZOO. If you have any questions just e-mail them to me. Good luck! ________________________ Bob Fillmore, Systems Software & Communications BITNET: FILLMORE@EMRCAN Computer Services Centre, BIX: bfillmore Energy, Mines, & Resources Canada Voice: (613) 992-2832 588 Booth St., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0E4 FAX: (613) 996-2953