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Conference vaxaxp::alphanotes

Title:Alpha Support Conference
Notice:This is a new Alphanotes, please read note 2.2
Moderator:VAXAXP::BERNARDO
Created:Thu Jan 02 1997
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:128
Total number of notes:617

64.0. "COMPRESS/EXPAND Problem" by EXCENT::STULTS () Wed Mar 19 1997 13:24

    It appears that files CVMS COMPRESSed on OpenVMS VAX will not CVMS
    EXPAND on OpenVMS Alpha and vice versa.  Has anyone else encountered this
    problem?  Is there a work-around?
    
    Thanks,
    
    David
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64.1QUARK::LIONELFree advice is worth every centThu Mar 20 1997 11:253
What is "CVMS"?

		Steve
64.2SMURF::DENHAMDigital UNIX KernelThu Mar 20 1997 11:383
    > What is "CVMS"?
    
    Hmm, must stand for "ClosedVMS"?
64.3TLE::REAGANAll of this chaos makes perfect senseThu Mar 20 1997 12:118
    CVMS was/is the prepackaged OpenVMS system distribution done internally
    for many systems by some group that I can't remember.  It came with a
    set of layered products already installed along with some other system
    management tools?  I haven't heard anything lately.  I thought there
    used to be a notesfile for CVMS, but I looked around and didn't find
    anything.
    
    				-John
64.4AUSS::GARSONDECcharity Program OfficeThu Mar 20 1997 19:195
    re .*
    
    I think the C may stand for Common.
    
    CVMS is I think similar to EASE which is/was in use in Europe.
64.5QUARK::LIONELFree advice is worth every centFri Mar 21 1997 12:265
Well, there is no COMPRESS or EXPAND in OpenVMS, so it's difficult to
speculate as to what these CVMS commands might do.    ZIP/UNZIP works
just fine between VAX and Alpha (and most anything else).

					Steve
64.6binaries too thinAUSS::GARSONDECcharity Program OfficeSun Mar 23 1997 19:454
    re .*
    
    If they were self-extracting (as in .*-DCX_AXPEXE etc.) this might be
    the expected behaviour.