[Info-vax] proper format for JPEG files

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In article <Zmpt+6tGgfW8 at eisner.encompasserve.org>, koehler at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) writes:
>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.

Well, I don't understand binary data and stream_LF format.  What happens
when the data in the stream contains a byte that is 0A?  Fixed makes the
most sense for binary IMHO.

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