From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   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. The   
   problem is that VMS-based tools like the linker and librarian insist on   
   going through RMS to deal with files, and RMS insists on using file   
   attributes to govern the way it blocks and deblocks records. If those   
   attributes are lost, then it just gives up.   
      
   There’s no reason for Linux-based tools, say, to be so nitpicky and   
   stupid. The VMS .OBJ file format is perfectly readable without the   
   necessary record attributes. They are not conveying anything important.   
      
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