From: arne@vajhoej.dk   
      
   On 9/2/2025 8:13 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Tue, 2 Sep 2025 16:37:12 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:   
   >> VMS OBJ is VAR, which is not FTP binary friendly and FTP text will   
   >> likely fuck up the file.   
   >   
   > No it won’t. The content is still intact, if you do a binary transfer.   
      
   No.   
      
   The differences between VMS and *nix files can create   
   weird situations.   
      
   If you create a RFM VAR file on VMS with:   
      
   A   
   BB   
   CCC   
      
   then it is stored as:   
      
   01 00 41 00   
   02 00 42 42   
   03 00 43 43 43 00   
      
   When you do a binary FTP to Linux you end up with just 6 bytes:   
      
   41 42 42 43 43 43   
      
   With a binary FTP from VMS of a VAR file you get just the   
   data bytes with no structure defining bytes at all.   
      
   It works fine with FIX 512 files.   
      
   (at least with standard FTP server)   
      
   Arne   
      
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