[Info-vax] RMS internals?

[Howard S Shubs]

In article 
<5a43c08d-f2cd-4787-a5ca-6a75544262ef at d34g2000vbm.googlegroups.com>,
 "Hein, Nashua NH" <heinvandenheuvel at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hit 'send' too soon. Meant too add
> 
> - If you see a negative length word (-1) then skip to the beginning of
> the next block. It that brings you to EOF, then you are done, but it
> might be the result of 'un-committed' record in RU-Journalling, or an
> application mimicking that. For 'deleted' records crossing block
> boundaries, there may be a series of those skip-to-the-next-block
> indicators.
> 
> Also, the OpenVMS guide to files, chapter 2 should not be ignored
> 
> Hein.
> :
> http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/731final/4506/4506pro.html
> 
> 
> http://h71000.www7.hp.com/doc/731final/4506/4506pro.html

That's all excellent!  Thanks.

I did start looking at VFC, but had problems with it due to the lack of 
a sample file.  CONVERT didn't help, unfortunately.

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