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

[Gregory Reut]

Hi Simon,

Thank you for replying!
It's an backup saveset,created with BACKUP/IMAGE command from a DKA device, so I'd guess it's a sequential file. I eould give it a try with the stream if I'd know how to do that :) At least I can experiment on much shorter files (restore them on the target VMS system).

Best regards,
Greg


On Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at 2:04:55 PM UTC+2, Simon Clubley wrote:
> On 2021-05-19, Gregory Reut <gregor... 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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