User`s guide

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BSCTRAN Programmer’s Guide
/FIXED This option specifies that the file is opened with fixed-length
record format, where the length is determined by the
/RECL
option (default = 512). If incoming records are not already in
the specified fixed-length format, BSCTRAN will continue
reading records from the ICP, concatenating and splitting
records as necessary to accumulate the required length. The last
record will be padded with ASCII spaces if necessary. This
option (combined with the
/BINARY option) should be used
when receiving an executable-image file from another site.
/FIXED is not compatible with either the /FORTRAN or /ESCAPE
forms-control option.
/FORTRAN If this option is specified, the BSC File Transfer program will
look for Fortran forms-control characters at the beginning of
each incoming data record. If the first character is an escape
character, the second character is interpreted as Fortran forms
control, and the escape character is deleted. Otherwise, the first
character of the record is interpreted as the Fortran forms-con-
trol character.
The Fortran forms-control character is converted to the equiv-
alent RMS (record management system) print file carriage con-
trol. Valid characters are:
Character Meaning
space Single space
0 Double space
1 Form feed
+ Overprint
$ Prompt
All others Single space