[Info-vax] scp or sftp: file is "raw", needs to be parsed - possible to work around that?

[Gregory Reut]

Hi all, 

Trying to scp a very large file off an Alpha VMS 8.3 system. Larger the file, longer it takes to start the transfer. This scp message in verbose mode gives a clue:
SCP Source file is "raw", and it needs to be parsed

Parsing a 20GB file takes longer than a standard scp timeout. and I need to scp files 10 times larger.
Perhaps there is a way to skip the parsing?

Thanks in advance!
Greg