[Info-vax] RMS internals?

[Howard S Shubs]

In article <qp3u7N$Vxwze at eisner.encompasserve.org>,
 koehler at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) wrote:

>    In that case, does it pre-date stm, stmlf, and stmcr?  That may be
>    what the OP really needs to know.

Not specifically.  I'm reading records of whatever length using block 
reads and RAB64 to get larger buffers, so I need to parse out the 
records myself.  The record length I'm specifically working on is over 
33000 bytes long.  So far, I've managed to do it for UNDEFINED and 
VARIABLE records.  VARIABLE is the key one since it's being used by FTP 
when the user sends the file to the server.

When I had QA send the file via FTP using "binary" mode, I got the file 
as written by Windows, including CRLF at the end of each record, which I 
didn't consider very useful.  Good thing our users apparently won't do 
it that way.

But I figure it'd be a Good Idea to implement every record type I can.  
Given the link sent earlier, I'm a little concerned about other possible 
implementations of VARIABLE records.  I'll check that out on Monday to 
make sure I've covered remaining bases.

I find it kind of funny.  The records I'm receiving alternate.  I get 
one record of 32767 bytes, then a record of 330 bytes, completing the 
*actual* record length.  It repeats until I have all the records.  Fun!  
I'm not assuming it'll always work that way, note.

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