[Info-vax] Whither VMS?

[Richard B. Gilbert]

Bob Koehler wrote:
> In article <pdn0b5tbfum015s3pdbdpv99lb1e11aras at 4ax.com>, Judge Judy <nospam at shaw.com> writes:
>> Most Ftp
>> clients don't recognize VMS.
> 
>    Shouldn't FTP clients be expected to recognise the FTP standard
>    (formerly know as the RFC)?
> 

I don't use FTP very often these days.  I don't recall that it is 
necessary to "recognize" an O/S.  If the FTP implementation conforms, it 
should work with any other conforming FTP implementation.  VMS to Unix 
and Unix to VMS using FTP have always worked for me.  Binary files are 
transferred byte for byte.  Text files are sent as written and line 
termination is handled at the receiving end by translating to whatever 
the local custom is.