xfer problems sco-sun

[Tim Fischer]

Is there any way you can provide the specifications on the header formats so
that we can try to work around this issue?  

As was stated previously, I am supposed to be switching over to Solaris this
weekend, but I do not have any way to convert my data.

-Tim

> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf 
> Of Kenneth Brody
> Sent: Friday, April 02, 2004 8:39 AM
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> Subject: Re: xfer problems sco-sun
> 
> "Jean-Pierre A. Radley" wrote:
> > 
> > Bill Vermillion propounded (on Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 
> 08:18:23PM -0500):
> [...]
> > | Just split the each record into two pieces, swap the 
> heard, and add 
> > | the rest.  I did something similar a very long time ago 
> before the 
> > | xfer program existed.  As I recall it's just the first 20 
> bytes that 
> > | need to be swapped.
> > 
> > Would that it were that simple: it's the twenty byte header at the 
> > beginning *of each record* that needs bytes swapped.
> 
> Well, he did say (at leat I think he said) to swap the header 
> of each record.  (Though you need to not swap the first two 
> bytes, as they are single bytes and not a 2-byte word.  And, 
> don't forget to take care of deleted record differently, as 
> they have a different header structure which includes 4-byte words.)
> 
> And, don't forget about the headers of screens, reports, and indexes.
> (But don't swap the entries in the header that are single 
> bytes, and not 2-byte words.  And don't forget to handle the 
> 4-byte-words.)
> 
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