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

[Steven Schweda]

On Jan 25, 8:32 am, koeh... at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob
Koehler) wrote:

>    The only format I've had any trouble with via the C RTL is Fortran
>    carriage control.  [...]

   Keep trying.  There are plenty more problems out there,
just waiting for you to find them.  I provided a pointer to
an example which was recently reported in this forum.  "I've
never seen a problem" is not a very helpful datum if you
don't get out much.

   On the Web browser side of the question, for example, I
have not found an HP-supported browser for VMS which can post
a normal message on the (shiny) new HP Discussion Boards.
SWB 1.1.12 on Alpha can post an empty message with an
attached file, but only if the file to attach is in Stream_LF
format.  As I said:

>     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.

   In the spirit of Aimee Semple McPherson, that's my story,
and I'm sticking to it.