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

[Richard B. Gilbert]

AEF wrote:
> On Apr 20, 10:51 am, Sumir <sumirme... at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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 ?
> 
> Please post the ENTIRE command line and especially the ENTIRE output
> of your DIFFERENCES command. If you are using the default of /MERGE=1,
> this must be the ends of the files. This is because /MERGE=1 means to
> display one line after each group of unmatched records. Since there is
> not last line in the group from File 1, this must be at the end of
> file 1. And if "571" weren't the last line in File 2, there would be
> more unmatched records. If, on the other hand, you used /MERGE=0, it's
> a different ball game.
> 
> WE NEED MORE INFORMATION OR WE CAN'T HELP YOU.
> 
> This is my last request for more info.
> 
> AEF

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