[Info-vax] proper format for JPEG files

Bob Koehler koehler at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org
Tue Jul 26 12:54:19 EDT 2011


In article <1cd018d6-aa58-42d2-ac86-eba053c8a7e0 at y13g2000yqy.googlegroups.com>, Jose Baars <peutbaars at googlemail.com> writes:
> 
> So not everybody was in agreement on the definition of RMS.

   It's not the definition of RMS, its a matter of which RMS calls
   are being made.
 
> 
> 'Binary' files (jpg,gif,pdf...) can be stored on VMS in both
> fix512 and stream_lf format, but reading these files can pose
> problems if they have been transferred wrongly and/or
> have been mutilated afterwards on the VMS system, where
> fix512 has a slightly smaller risk of suffering from
> miscreation or mutilation.

   Binary files can be stored on VMS in any of the supported formats.
   Some make more sense than others.



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