[Info-vax] DEC kits.

Bill Cunningham nospam at nspam.invalid
Tue May 22 11:53:32 EDT 2018


"Steven Schweda" <sms.antinode at gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:8310f097-4b0f-41e5-ac0b-c0f09c2b1f0e at googlegroups.com...
>> vaxvms-tcpip-v0503.bck /* only all caps */
>> vaxvms-tcpip-v0503.bck.1 /* lower case */
>
>   My latest hobbyist download credentials have faded, so I
> can't easily verify what's there now.  ".bck" does suggest a
> BACKUP save set, but you can expect some difficulty dealing
> with a bare save set after you fetch it, because BACKUP is
> fussy about file attributes, and FTP and HTTP typically won't
> preserve them.  Possibly useful:
>
>      http://antinode.info/dec/sw/fixrec.html
>
>   The "bck.1" seems to be the result of a (sloppy) file
> transfer (by someone at HPE) from a VMS file system
> ("VAXVMS-TCPIP-V0503.BCK;1"?) to a non-VMS file system, where
> the version number (";1") got converted to something less
> VMS-like.

    Hum that does make sense. Maybe a version 1 of the file.

>> [...] The product install package is there too of course.
>
>   Again, weak psychic powers.  Which "The product install
> package" might that be?

PCSI file.





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