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

[Simon Clubley]

On 2021-05-19, Gregory Reut <gregory.reut at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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

Is this a sequential file or are you trying to directly transfer the
records from a relative file or indexed file ?

If its a sequential file, is it possible to create the file as a
Stream LF file or would that cause data corruption due to any possible
embedded characters in the data ?

Simon.

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