From: antispam@fricas.org   
      
   Arne Vajhøj  wrote:   
   > On 9/4/2025 11:02 PM, Waldek Hebisch wrote:   
   >> Arne Vajhøj  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>> I think he got the transfer working both ways with a little   
   >>> ingenuity.   
   >>   
   >> Yes, thanks to your tip I can correct attributes on files   
   >> transmitted from Linux.  To transfer from VMS I can either   
   >> change attributes to fixed blocks and deal with padding   
   >> in Linux or use zip -V.  I have tried   
   >>   
   >> SET FILE/ATTR=(RFM:FIX,MRS:1)   
   >>   
   >> but that does not give me expected result.   
   >   
   > I would try with an even number for MRS. An odd number will   
   > cause some bytes to be considered pad bytes.   
      
   Let me explain what I expected: RFM:FIX alone keeps maximal   
   record size unchanged, effectivly adding padding in last   
   record (unless length of the file happens to be be an integral   
   multiple of maximal record size).  My expectation was that   
   MRS:1 will eliminate need for padding, keping file end in   
   the same place as it was before changing attributes.   
      
   Unfortunately, it seems that attempts to set record size are   
   ignored.  It seems that record size is separate from mazimal   
   record size and despite claim in "VSI OpenVMS Record Management   
   Services Reference Manual":   
      
   : The maximum record size (MRS) field defines the size of all records   
   : in a file with fixed-length records, the maximum size of variable-length   
   : records, the maximum size of the data area for variable with fixed-   
   : length control records, and the cell size (minus overhead) for relative   
   : files.   
      
   setting maximal record size does not change record size: DUMP/HEADER   
   shows me:   
      
           Record type:                      Fixed   
           File organization:                Sequential   
           Record attributes:                   
           Record size:                      4056   
           Highest block:                    54   
           End of file block:                52   
           End of file block:                52   
           End of file byte:                 220   
           Bucket size:                      0   
           Fixed control area size:          0   
           Maximum record size:              26332   
      
   in contradiction to the claim from reference manual.   
      
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                                 Waldek Hebisch   
      
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