[Info-vax] difference in files being copied by scp from Unix to VMS

[Sumir]

On Apr 20, 10:31 am, "Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilber... at comcast.net>
wrote:
> Sumir wrote:
> > Hi,
>
> > I am trying to copy a file (.seq file) from a vms box to a solaris box
> > and then back to the same vms box. then the original and the final
> > file are to be compared to ensure that the file has not changed/
> > corrupted during transmission.
>
> > Now, what is happening is that there is a single line which is
> > appearing as a difference between the files. Any ideas as to what
> > might be causing this.
>
> > PS - i am using diff with the ignore=blank_lines option already.
>
> How are you doing the copy?  FTP?  Is the content English text?  Binary
> data?
>
> What is the exact nature of the difference?  Does the line occur in one
> file and not the other?  Is the line present in both but with a
> difference in the text?
>
> Please see:http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html


I am using scp to copy the file from VMS box to Solaris box, and again
scp to copy the file back. It is a text file with some data.
The difference observed by the diff command is as below --

************
File 1
******
File 2
  571
************

Number of difference sections found: 1
Number of difference records found: 1


Could be some non-printable character ?