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

[Bob Koehler]

In article <72331a78-bb61-46e5-a19d-717290947b32 at t10g2000vbg.googlegroups.com>, Sumir <sumirmehta at gmail.com> writes:
> 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.

   We have no idea what is in your .seq file, what the file attributes
   are, and whether you're copying as binary or text.

   Solaris cannot preserve the file attributes, since it doesn't believe
   they exist.  Lots of other things can be going wrong.