In article <0e0241be-a072-4bd1-9d15-1754afbfdfa2 at r18g2000vbs.googlegroups.com>, Jose Baars <peutbaars at googlemail.com> writes: > > To add to the confusion: An RMS $GET will fail on such a file, but > a C read wil do fine. The the $GET was done wrong. The C I/O library is written on top of RMS.