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

[Steven Schweda]

On Jan 24, 8:29 am, koeh... at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob
Koehler) wrote:

>    OK, I know it would be possible to read the files using $QIO, and/or to
>    send them over the network in manners that violate the standards, but
>    where I could find a web server full of $QIOs?

   I'll admit that using C RTL I/O functions is easier than
using QIO.  I'll admit that any Web server which is ported to
VMS from another environment (like, say, Apache) is unlikely
to be using QIO.

   In case you missed it completely (which seems to be tha
case), my point was that the C RTL handles some file record
formats better than others.  (I even provided some evidence
for that fact.)  Given that a typical Web server will not be
using QIO to read a file, it would seem (to me, at least) to
follow that some file record formats will cause less trouble
than others.  Is there something confusing here?

>    And which web server for VMS does not follow the standards for
>    sending data?

   Who said that there was one?

>    Not using RMS is a whole lot of work.

   Yup.  So what?  You seem to be arguing with my conclusion,
but all your arguments agree with mine.  I find this
confusing.