[Info-vax] wrong file format

[Jan-Erik Söderholm]

Den 2020-12-23 kl. 00:42, skrev Phillip Helbig (undress to reply):
> I have a damaged file which looks fine except that I see (in EDT)
> explicit carriage returns at the end of each line AND extra blank lines
> between each pair of lines.  None of the standard SET FILE/ATTR
> incantations seems to work.
> 
> Long story and it's late.  :-|  Maybe someone has a suggestion.
> 

Trying to SET FILE/ATTR to anything that does not match the
actual file content will usually give weird results.

EDT tries to read the file according to the file attribs, not
according to what the file actually contains.

What are the "standard SET FILE/ATTR incarnations"? A secret?

You might try a DUMP and see how the records/lines actually are
terminated and set the file attribs accordingly.

I'm sure that you are aware that SET FILE/ATTR of course does not
change any of the content of the file, right?

B.t.w., what does a "damaged" file mean here? Dropped on the floor?
Is it an original file foreign to VMS?

lots of lose end here...