[Info-vax] proper file format, attributes for non-binary files served by a web server

[Steven Schweda]

On Jan 21, 9:37 am, hel... at astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de (Phillip Helbig---
undress to reply) wrote:
> I have several files (.txt, .html, .htmlx) from various sources which
> are served by the OSU server.  At least as far as I can tell, all seem
> to work.  Does that mean that they should work with any
> standard-conforming browser?

   Any standard-conforming browser should work with any
standard-conforming data sent to it.  The real question is
whether the Web server can serve the files properly.

>   What about with a different web server on
> VMS?  Is there such a thing as a preferred/recommended format for .txt
> files or html files on VMS?

   When dealing with any program which uses the C RTL,
Record format: Stream_LF will be most natural.  For general
portability reasons, I try to use Stream_LF format for any
text files which will get sent to a non-VMS system.

   Imagine what must be done to handle a byte-range request
when the source is a variable-length-record-format file with
embedded byte counts.  Why ask for trouble?