[Info-vax] Vax zip.exe that won't run on a particular computer

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In article <fc3c4556-521b-4875-b40a-88419cca1eb1 at v2g2000vbb.googlegroups.com>, jcwoman1963 at hotmail.com writes:
>On Oct 6, 2:34=A0pm, Bob Gezelter <gezel... at rlgsc.com> wrote:
>> On Oct 6, 1:06=A0pm, jcwoman1... at hotmail.com wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> > Hi,
>> > =A0 =A0I have two Vaxes, the hardware isn't identical, but they're both
>> > running VMS 6.2. =A0 On my machine, the zip.exe works fine. =A0I kermit=
>ted
>> > it to the other machine, made sure that it's file format stayed
>> > correct so that it's runnable. =A0(Fixed, 512, etc) =A0 When I try to r=
>un
>> > it on the other computer I get this error:
>>
>> > %system-f-roprand, reserved operand fault at pc=3D..... etc
>> > %trace-f-traceback, symbolic stack dump follows
>> > %trace-i-nocalls, no active call frame
>>
>> > =A0 Can I fix the file so that it works, or is it hosed? =A0 Unfortunat=
>ely
>> > access to this machine is limited to a 2400-baud dialup modem, so it's
>> > hard to get things off the internet over to it. =A0I can't think of wha=
>t
>> > causes the very same file to work on my machine but not this other
>> > one. =A0Ideas?
>>
>> jcwoman,
>>
>> To confirm that the file is intact, try "round-tripping" it back to
>> the original machine albeit with a different name. Then use
>> DIFFERENCES to compare the two files (they should match).
>>
>> Remember that executable images are not inherently complete. All use
>> the RTL. Have you checked if the list of patches differs on the two
>> machines?
>>
>> - Bob Gezelter,http://www.rlgsc.com
>
>Ah, I bet it's the RTL differences most likely.   Sorry but it's been
>a long time... can you tell me how to check the patches on a Vax?
>
>And to follow up on Vaxman's suggestion, I can do ANAL/IMAGE.  Can I
>fix it with that, also, or just confirm that it's broken?

It's only to $ ANALYZE the /IMAGE, it won't fix it.  One of the 
things it can show you are the shareable image idents that the
program is looking for and check the actual idents on your system.
If, as per Bob G's suggestion the RTLs are out of synch, you will
see which.  THere are only a FEW images that ZIP is linked against. 
The C RTL, LIBRTL and LIBOTS.

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