[Info-vax] RMS internals?

[R.A.Omond]

JF Mezei wrote:

> If your client transfered in binary mode, you would have raw data with
> CR-LFs terminating records.  (or whatever line termination sequence
> windows uses). It would be easier to parse since there would be no RMS
> interpretation of the data.

Oh dear, oh dear ... you've just shown the inherent problem with
mixing binary data with explicit record terminators.

Yes, you probably *will* come across the "record terminator"
that is *not* the record terminator.

One of my big clients got caught by that recently.