[Info-vax] RMS internals?

[Arne Vajhøj]

Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> Bob Koehler wrote:
>> In article <howard-E4439F.13574308082009 at news.newsguy.com>, Howard S 
>> Shubs <howard at shubs.net> writes:
>>> In article <0076b30e$0$7155$c3e8da3 at news.astraweb.com>,
>>>  JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>>> If a VMS native file didn't have CRLF at the end, but Windows added
>>>> them, then it is likely the original VMS->Windows transfer mucked 
>>>> the file.
>>> Original was Windows->VMS, as the file was created on Windows.
>>>
>>    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.
> 
> He is trying to solve the problem that most non-VMS files has valid
> text files with rec len > 32K, but VMS does not.

Give the size of data today and the need for moving files between
VMS and various non-VMS systems, then what about:
- changing the 32K limit to a 16M limit
- have VAR and VFC use 4 byte length both before and after data
- if there are any compatibility issues then keep the existing
   RFM's and add BIGVAR, BIGVFC, BIGSTM, BIGSTMLF, BIGSTMCR and BIGFIX
?

Arne