[Info-vax] Potential loss of data problem in sftp client in TCP/IP Services ?

[Simon Clubley]

On 2012-03-13, VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG <VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG> wrote:
>
> FWIW, I tried this:
>
> $ CONVERT/FDL="Record; Format VFC" SYS$INPUT SIMON.TEST
>
> And supplied the same data as before.  It would appear that the sftp client
> on VMS does not handle the VFC and sends it to the remote.  'gedit' will not
> open it; more simon.test returns blank lines; and WINE NotePad will display
> all of the contents.  'sftp' is not reading the VFC file's VFC; it's simply
> sending it to the remote as data.
>

Ouch, that's bad. It's also something I didn't try as I have not needed
to transfer VFC files.

Thanks for the heads up.

Simon.

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