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

[JF Mezei]

I've found a solution to your problem of sending your login.com :

It is a small procedure:

$OPEN/APPEND output login.com
$X = 0
$LOOP:
$	write output "$!"
$	x = x + 1
$	if X < 100 then goto LOOP
$!
$!
$CLOSE login.com


By adding a sufficiently large number of comment lines, the sftp will
truncate only comments near the end of file, so all of the meat in your
login.com will get sent well before sftp decides it is tired and should
stop sending before end of file.


At the end of the day, if they have proper change conrol and source code
management, they should be able to see what chances were made between a
working copy and the one which fails and send this to the 5 or 6 people
who know VMS in the group to learn why the new copy fails.