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Wiekie, >Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2000 09:46:27 +0100 >From: Wiekie Kollen <address@hidden> >Organization: >To: Steve Emmerson <address@hidden> >Subject: Re: 20000320: NetCDF libraries vor Open VMS operating systems >Keywords: 200003201040.DAA26046 In the above message, you wrote: > Thank you for the effort in finding a solution. Meanwhile we found a > more simple solution which goes hereby as a attachment, just in case > some other party encounters the same problem. > Copyright (c) Digital Equipment Corporation 1996, 1997. All rights reserved. > > PRODUCTS: DIGITAL OpenVMS VAX, Versions 6.0 and Above > DIGITAL OpenVMS Alpha, Versions 6.0 and Above > DIGITAL TCP/IP Services For OpenVMS (UCX), Versions 3.0 > and Above > > COMPONENTS: BACKUP Utility > File Transfer Protocol, (FTP) > > SOURCE: Digital Equipment Corporation > > > SYMPTOM: > > An attempt to restore or list the contents of a saveset that was transfer- > red using FTP, fails with the following errors: > > %BACKUP-E-READERRS excessive error rating reading > -BACKUP-E-BLOCKCRC software block CRC error > > > SOLUTION: > > Use the following steps to correct the problem: > > 1) Compare the record format of the original saveset, to the record > format of the saveset transferred by FTP, using the "DIRECTORY/FULL" > command. > > NOTE: Backup savesets are in a fixed length format with a 32256 > byte record size by default. This may vary if the original > BACKUP was done using the /BLOCKSIZE=n qualifier. > > 2) If the record format of the file copied using FTP does not match > the original, use the following command to correct the attributes: > > $ SET FILE/ATTRIBUTE=(RFM:FIX,LRL:<byte_record_size_of_orig- > inal_saveset>) > > > ANALYSIS: > > Using FTP to transfer a backup saveset from a system running UCX, to > a system that does not have UCX installed changes the file format. Most excellent! Thanks! Regards, Steve Emmerson <http://www.unidata.ucar.edu>