[Info-vax] RMS internals?

[Bob Koehler]

In article <howard-31B589.11132911082009 at news.newsguy.com>, Howard S Shubs <howard at shubs.net> writes:
> In article <4a80a031$0$303$14726298 at news.sunsite.dk>,
>  Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
> 
>> My suggestion: binary transfer that gives a fixed 512 file and
>> then change it from fixed 512 to undefined.
>> 
>> Then the file meta data matches the actual content.
> 
> Almost.  If you do a binary transfer, the Windows line termination has 
> been transferred intact.

   If the OP knows it's a Windows CRLF file and transfers it binary,
   he can then use SET FILE/ATTRIBUTES to tell RMS it's really an
   stm file, as long as the file then does not exceed any RMS limits.

   But I thought the 32K limit he was up against is applicable to any 
   record type.  A 16 bit length field in the RAB data is a 16 bit 
   length field.