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

[Gregory Reut]

Thank you Chris,
I didn't try to zip the files as I don't think they will become small enough, but I'll give it a try!
Best regards,
Greg

On Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at 2:18:40 PM UTC+2, Chris Townley wrote:
> On 19/05/2021 13:11, Gregory Reut wrote: 
> > 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. 
> >> 
> >> -- 
> >> Simon Clubley, clubley at remove_me.eisner.decus.org-Earth.UFP 
> >> Walking destinations on a map are further away than they appear.
> Have you tried zipping (with "-V") the saveset? 
> 
> I have had success using that in the past 
> 
> Chris 
> 
> -- 
> Chris Townley