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- From: 2020211@SAPHIR.ULAVAL.CA (Sylvain Chamberland)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
- Subject: Re: Convert MSDOS or UNIX text format to VMS format
- Message-ID: <1992Dec31.044631.9657@cerberus.ulaval.ca>
- Date: 31 Dec 92 04:46:31 GMT
- References: <1992Dec30.085139.3959@cerberus.ulaval.ca>,<1hs8glINNnqs@gap.caltech.edu>
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- In article <1hs8glINNnqs@gap.caltech.edu>, carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec30.085139.3959@cerberus.ulaval.ca>, 2020211@SAPHIR.ULAVAL.CA (Sylvain Chamberland) writes:
-
- >>Here's my problem: I don't have any archive utility on my system here so I went
- >>to get a C source for "zip" by anonymous ftp. The source was written so it could
- >>be portable, and I got the VMS supplementary files.
- >>
- >>But it appears the source is not in a VMS format, because the VAX EDIT editor
- >>will not accept any of the *.c or *.h files as files containing many lines. It
- >>appears to me a whole file is considered as being composed of one or a few
- >>lines by the editor or the compiler. The VAX C compiler ("CC") won't compile
- >>the source, it does not seem to recognize the format.
- >
- >Sounds like you copied the files using IMAGE or BINARY mode. You need to copy
- >text files in ASCII mode. If that's not the problem, then there's probably a
-
- Of COURSE!!!! Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
-
- NOW we know why I'm a biology student and not in computer science! ;-)
-
- Indeed, I always change the type to binary when ftp-ing, and I did not think
- about it this time...
-
- I went to get the files again in type ascii this time, and it WORKED!
-
- THANKS for solving my problem! Thanks also to Eberhart Adam, Bruce Wright,
- Paul White, Jasper Rees, David Robinow and Russ Evans (and, of course, Carl
- Lydick) who also answered by private e-mail and who all provided me with
- valuable information about VMS... (at this time)
- (Sorry if it begins to look like the gala for the Oscars... ;-) )
-
- I think I'll stay around this newsgroup... I could not believe my eyes
- yesterday when I found a newsgroup for VMS, but receiving an answer the very
- next day... :)
-
- I think I'm even beginning to LIKE VMS!!! :)
-
- >--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- >Carl J Lydick | INTERnet: CARL@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU | NSI/HEPnet: SOL1::CARL
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- Sylvain Chamberland
- 2020211@saphir.ulaval.ca
-