Xref: utzoo comp.os.vms:8761 comp.unix.wizards:11207 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!natinst!bigtex!james From: james@bigtex.uucp (James Van Artsdalen) Newsgroups: comp.os.vms,comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: VMS vs. UNIX file system Message-ID: <8215@bigtex.uucp> Date: 19 Sep 88 01:15:36 GMT References: <411@marob.MASA.COM> <3597@encore.UUCP> <3438@crash.cts.com> Reply-To: james@bigtex.UUCP (James Van Artsdalen) Distribution: na Organization: F.B.N. Software, Austin TX Lines: 11 In article <3438@crash.cts.com>, jeh@crash.CTS.COM (Jamie Hanrahan) wrote: > I disagree. I much prefer VMS's variable-length-record text file format > to Unix's byte-stream. Why? Because the Unix byte stream uses perfectly > legitimate data as a record separator. In reading the write(2) man page, I somehow completely missed the discussion of file record separators in unix. -- James R. Van Artsdalen ...!uunet!utastro!bigtex!james "Live Free or Die" Home: 512-346-2444 Work: 328-0282; 110 Wild Basin Rd. Ste #230, Austin TX 78746