From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Tue, 2 Sep 2025 20:35:54 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:   
      
   > 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   
      
   That’s stupid. I would describe that as a bug in the VMS FTP program.   
      
   > With a binary FTP from VMS of a VAR file you get just the data bytes   
   > with no structure defining bytes at all.   
      
   And here I thought “binary” meant “transfer all the bytes in the file as   
   is” ...   
      
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