[Info-vax] RMS internals?

[Howard S Shubs]

In article <sNgXXOeOf4sD at eisner.encompasserve.org>,
 koehler at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) wrote:

>    Sounds like it simply should have been transfered as a text file.
>    Are you trying to compensate for all the mistakes the user could
>    make?  It isn't really an RMS function to fix those, you're kind of
>    rolling on your own.
> 
>    Of course, the quick fix in this case is "set file/attributes", or
>    maybe just changing the realvent FAB or RAB fields after doing an
>    $OPEN.  But then you have to know what was done wrong by the user.
> 
>    In general, how are you going to determine what mistake the user
>    made?

You're working on an incorrect assumption.  I suggest you read the 
thread.

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