Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site bnl.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!sbcs!bnl!stern From: stern@bnl.UUCP (Eric Stern) Newsgroups: net.wanted Subject: Re: UNIX 4.1bsd to VMS Communication Interface Wanted Message-ID: <356@bnl.UUCP> Date: Wed, 29-Feb-84 00:50:50 EST Article-I.D.: bnl.356 Posted: Wed Feb 29 00:50:50 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 2-Mar-84 01:11:13 EST References: <240@teltone.UUCP>, <535@sdcsvax.UUCP> Organization: SUNY StonyBrook Lines: 11 A *really* easy way of transferring data between VMS and UNIX is to use a small (~ 30 lines) program on the VMS side which handles the conversion between the formats. The UNIX format is 512 byte blocks, so all you need to do is unpack or pack the records and insert or strip newlines as needed. On the UNIX side, you just cp(1) to or from the tape device. I can supply details if needed. Eric Stern