On Fri, 25 Mar 2016 14:06:58 -0600, you wrote: >Most versions of Linux have a program "dos2unix" and "unix2dos" for that >problem. It may need to be installed, depending on which distribution you have. > Sorry for the late followup. Alternatively, just read the file into and out of gedit on your linux box. It understands both CR/LF and LF endings as input, and has an option to save in either format.
Brian. > >Sent from my Galaxy Tab® A-------- Original message --------From: Bob Supnik ><b...@supnik.org> Date: 03/25/2016 1:59 PM (GMT-07:00) To: >simh@trailing-edge.com Subject: Re: [Simh] text from openvms >1. Attach a (new) host file to the simulated printer on VMS. >2. Print your VMS text file to file to the simulated printer. >3. Let some time elapse, to make sure the print spooler finishes. >4. Detach file from the simulated printer. >5. VMS text file is now on your host in the host file you specified in >step 1. > >The LP11 printer is very dumb. It requires carriage returns and >linefeeds for proper sequencing, so you end up with a correctly >formatted Windows text file. Linux should be able to eat that directly; >if it needs the carriage returns removed, there are utilities to do that >(see ASC in the simtools package). > >/Bob > >On 3/25/2016 2:51 PM, simh-requ...@trailing-edge.com wrote: >> Message: 1 >> Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2016 14:23:35 -0500 >> From: "Bill Cunningham"<bill...@suddenlink.net> >> To:<simh@trailing-edge.com> >> Subject: [Simh] text from openvms >> Message-ID: <2F1F92FAE2FF4B2FB298AD1D3C4C36C3@apxtz6bip7fvgk> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" >> >> I have been studying the best way to copy from a vax simulator with >>openvms to a linux host, text files. The Docs look like telnet and kermit are >>the way to do it. So is there not a device like ISO that I can copy TOO? I >>wouldn't think because cdrom is RO after all. and 'set rq writeenable' isn't >>working nor is anything to do with cdrom working. >> >> There may be several ways to do this. I am not concerned so much about >>binary files as several .txt files. Am I on the right track with telnet and >>kermit from those who have attempted and done this? >> >> Bill > >_______________________________________________ >Simh mailing list >Simh@trailing-edge.com >http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh _______________________________________________ Simh mailing list Simh@trailing-edge.com http://mailman.trailing-edge.com/mailman/listinfo/simh