Conference bulova::decw_jan-89_to_nov-90

    Murphy's law - search 3 days and then finally put an entry into the
    notes file and 20seconds later you find it!
    
    UKCSSE::SYS$PUBLIC: seems to have a ton of .XBM files, unfortunatly it
    is all the way "over there"...  does anyone know of a location a little
    closer to home (California would be perfect but the east coast would be
    ok too).
    
    Regards,
    
    Peter Lamb

	To re-visit this note, and as asked in .1, is there a central location
for XBM files on the net?

	Thanks,

	Terry

    decwrl::"/pub/bitmaps". You need LZDCMP.EXE to decompress the bitmaps.
    
    -Terry

Terry,
	(I feel like I'm talking to myself..:-) )

	It appears that the files are on a Ultrix machine and, not being 
familiar with that system, I have some questions:

1)	What is the best way to copy these files to VMS?  Does copy work ok?

2)	You mentioned a LZDCMP.EXE file.  Where can I get a copy of this file?

	Thanks,

	Terry

re: .4

	Actually, if anyone could give me some pointers on the syntax necessary
to copy from ULTRIX to VMS, I would appreciate it.  I have tried several 
different formats and have had no success so far.

	Thanks,

	Terry

    There's an image library on ASD::decw$pics:*.*
    
    This contains .XBM, .DDIF, and some .GIF format files.  Use UTOX
    to convert/view the .GIF files...
    
    Please try and copy during the off hours, OK?  It's almost 130K blocks
    of images....
    
    Dave
    

>	Actually, if anyone could give me some pointers on the syntax necessary
>to copy from ULTRIX to VMS, I would appreciate it.  I have tried several 
>different formats and have had no success so far.


$ dir decwrl::"/pub/bitmaps"

Directory DECWRL::

"/pub/bitmaps/."    "/pub/bitmaps/.."   "/pub/bitmaps/49ers.xbm.Z"
"/pub/bitmaps/666.xbm.Z"                "/pub/bitmaps/README"
"/pub/bitmaps/X.xbm.Z"                  "/pub/bitmaps/ai_3d_tor.xbm.Z"
"/pub/bitmaps/aliens.sun"               "/pub/bitmaps/aliens.xbm.Z"
.
.
.
Copy/log decwrl::"/pub/bitmaps/aliens.xbm.Z"    l.l

LZCOMP is available from the toolshed.. but I have
a copy (somewhere!)

I suggest you use FTSV.  Say ``help ftsv'' or ``help spool''.  If you
dont have it installed I suggest you install it.

LZDCMP is available from VINO::BORDEAUX:[WITHROW.PUBLIC]LZDCMP.EXE;1

You would then do:

lzdcmp :== $<wherever you put lzdcmp>lzdcmp
lzdcmp -b -x2 infile outfile
or
lzdcmp -x2 infile outfile

depending on whether the files are binary or text.  I think that
XBM files can be considered text, but try both ways and see which
works best.

    To Terry
    
    1) $ ftsv copy decwrl::"/pub/bitmaps/49ers.xbm.Z" 49ers.xbm_z
       Since Ultrix file names are case-sensitive, you have to specify the
       source file names in exactly the same way you see them in decwrl::.
       Try not to use any wildcard characters in your destination file
       names because it may cause trouble.
    2) I think you can find LZDCMP in the TOOLSHED conference. If not, tell
       me and I will give you a copy of mine.
    
    From Terry
    

WILDCARDS WILL DEFINITELY CAUSE TROUBLE.

You can not use wildcards in ULTRIX to VMS copy.  The filename and directory
syntax is sufficiently different that the wildcard mechanism breaks.  You must
copy each file separately and you may not use wildcards anywhere in either
file spec.  In some cases you will have to come up with a different name (ie:
49ers.xbm.z will not work and must be changed to 49ers.xbm_z or something
similar on the VMS side).

Dick

    I've been out earning those big PSS dollars and just got back to this
    note.  Thanks for all the replies and your instructions worked great. 
    The files came over just fine.
    
    Thanks again,
    
    Terry