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

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 5/19/2021 7:29 AM, Gregory Reut wrote:
> 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?

I think there should be an option:

SCP /JUST_COPY_THE_BYTES_PLEASE ... ...

but in case there is not then maybe cut it into smaller chunks
like 2 GB at source system and combine back at target
system.

Arne