[Info-vax] fixing a saveset's attributes: attachment, not ftp

David Froble davef at tsoft-inc.com
Mon Jun 22 12:05:10 EDT 2015


Michael Moroney wrote:

Ok, we all know I don't get out much.  I also don't delve into the depts 
of DCL as much as some do.  I'm also aware that the saveset block size 
is in a word integer in bytes 41-42 of the saveset.

But, can someone, speaking slowly and using small words so I can 
understand just what the following is doing?

> $! try to find the blocksize from within the saveset...
> $ BlockSize = 0
> $ BBH_L_BLOCKSIZE = %x28*8
> $ BlockSize = F$Cvui(BBH_L_BLOCKSIZE, 32, Record)

Just curious ....

And yes, I can at least understand initializing BlockSize to zero.



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