INFO-VAX Sun, 07 Sep 2008 Volume 2008 : Issue 491 Contents: iv Problem with PostScript files on Alpha Re: Problem with PostScript files on Alpha Re: Problem with PostScript files on Alpha Re: Problem with PostScript files on Alpha Re: Problem with PostScript files on Alpha Re: Problem with PostScript files on Alpha Re: Problem with PostScript files on Alpha Re: Was there an EV69 Alpha? Re: WGET Re: WGET ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 08:44:48 -0500 (CDT) From: sms@antinode.info (Steven M. Schweda) Subject: iv Message-ID: <08090708444890_20201252@antinode.info> From: Gremlin > Just installed some compilers on OVMS8.3 and FTPd the PS files to a PC Which "some compilers"? Which "the PS files"? > and a Mac. Can't open them using Adobe Distiller/Reader on either > platform or the Preview tool on OSX as the product says they are > corrupt. Can't "decode" them online using GhostScript interpreter - > same reason. > > So, the compilers work fine and the text files are OK, have tried FTP > using text mode and binary mode......anything special about the PS files > on OVMS? Apple3:~ sms$ ftp antinode.info Connected to antinode.info. 220- Antinode FTP Server. Please be nice. 220 alp.antinode.info FTP Server (Version 5.4) Ready. Name (antinode.info:sms): 331 Username sms requires a Password Password: 230 User logged in. Remote system type is VMS. ftp> passive off Passive mode: off; fallback to active mode: off. ftp> cd sys$help 250-CWD command successful. 250 New default directory is SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSHLP] ftp> get CC073_RELEASE_NOTES.PS local: CC073_RELEASE_NOTES.PS remote: CC073_RELEASE_NOTES.PS 500 Illegal EPRT command. 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening data connection for SYS$COMMON:[SYSHLP]CC073_RELEASE_NOTES.PS;1 (70.246.75.52,52335) (699512 bytes) 226 Transfer complete. 693383 bytes received in 00:06 (103.76 KB/s) ftp> quit 221 Goodbye. Double-clicking on CC073_RELEASE_NOTES.PS triggered a progress box which said "Converting PostScript File to PDF...", and then a Preview window opened displaying "HP C V7.3 for OpenVMS Alpha Release Notes". What could go wrong? Apple3:~ sms$ uname -a Darwin Apple3.local 7.9.0 Darwin Kernel Version 7.9.0: Wed Mar 30 20:11:17 PST 2005; root:xnu/xnu-517.12.7.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC Power Macintosh powerpc Which is fairly old. Perhaps they broke something since then, or perhaps your problem is related to something you did, but your description of what you did is so poor that it's hard to do more than guess what that might have been. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Steven M. Schweda sms@antinode-info 382 South Warwick Street (+1) 651-699-9818 Saint Paul MN 55105-2547 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 22:07:25 +1000 From: Gremlin Subject: Problem with PostScript files on Alpha Message-ID: <00d3be57$0$20317$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com> Just installed some compilers on OVMS8.3 and FTPd the PS files to a PC and a Mac. Can't open them using Adobe Distiller/Reader on either platform or the Preview tool on OSX as the product says they are corrupt. Can't "decode" them online using GhostScript interpreter - same reason. So, the compilers work fine and the text files are OK, have tried FTP using text mode and binary mode......anything special about the PS files on OVMS? ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:26:45 GMT From: VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG Subject: Re: Problem with PostScript files on Alpha Message-ID: <00A7F44B.ED4F77C2@SendSpamHere.ORG> In article <00d3be57$0$20317$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com>, Gremlin writes: >Just installed some compilers on OVMS8.3 and FTPd the PS files to a PC >and a Mac. Can't open them using Adobe Distiller/Reader on either >platform or the Preview tool on OSX as the product says they are >corrupt. Can't "decode" them online using GhostScript interpreter - >same reason. > >So, the compilers work fine and the text files are OK, have tried FTP >using text mode and binary mode......anything special about the PS files >on OVMS? They're just text files with postscript commands. Can you read the file using one of the VMS editors? -- VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)COM ... pejorative statements of opinion are entitled to constitutional protection no matter how extreme, vituperous, or vigorously expressed they may be. (NJSC) Copr. 2008 Brian Schenkenberger. Publication of _this_ usenet article outside of usenet _must_ include its contents in its entirety including this copyright notice, disclaimer and quotations. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:58:38 +0300 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Kari_Uusim=E4ki?= Subject: Re: Problem with PostScript files on Alpha Message-ID: <48c3cfff$0$23611$9b536df3@news.fv.fi> Gremlin wrote: > Just installed some compilers on OVMS8.3 and FTPd the PS files to a PC > and a Mac. Can't open them using Adobe Distiller/Reader on either > platform or the Preview tool on OSX as the product says they are > corrupt. Can't "decode" them online using GhostScript interpreter - > same reason. > > So, the compilers work fine and the text files are OK, have tried FTP > using text mode and binary mode......anything special about the PS files > on OVMS? How about installing DCPS and printing the documents (on your printer) directly from your VMS machine? If that's an option, of course. DCPS doesn't need any licenses anymore, so you can use it anytime with your VMS license. Regards, Kari ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:04:13 GMT From: VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG Subject: Re: Problem with PostScript files on Alpha Message-ID: <00A7F461.ED1D2706@SendSpamHere.ORG> In article <48c3cfff$0$23611$9b536df3@news.fv.fi>, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Kari_Uusim=E4ki?= writes: >Gremlin wrote: >> Just installed some compilers on OVMS8.3 and FTPd the PS files to a PC >> and a Mac. Can't open them using Adobe Distiller/Reader on either >> platform or the Preview tool on OSX as the product says they are >> corrupt. Can't "decode" them online using GhostScript interpreter - >> same reason. >> >> So, the compilers work fine and the text files are OK, have tried FTP >> using text mode and binary mode......anything special about the PS files >> on OVMS? > > >How about installing DCPS and printing the documents (on your printer) >directly from your VMS machine? If that's an option, of course. >DCPS doesn't need any licenses anymore, so you can use it anytime with >your VMS license. I'd verify that these are valid PS files first lest vast forests of paper be extruded from the target printer. -- VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)COM ... pejorative statements of opinion are entitled to constitutional protection no matter how extreme, vituperous, or vigorously expressed they may be. (NJSC) Copr. 2008 Brian Schenkenberger. Publication of _this_ usenet article outside of usenet _must_ include its contents in its entirety including this copyright notice, disclaimer and quotations. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 15:24:12 GMT From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Jan-Erik_S=F6derholm?= Subject: Re: Problem with PostScript files on Alpha Message-ID: Gremlin wrote: > Just installed some compilers on OVMS8.3 and FTPd the PS files... If this are the docs file, you could probably find ready made PDF files on the documentation page on the OpenVMS site. Most standard compilers have PDF documentation available. Jan-Erik. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:51:56 -0400 From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Arne_Vajh=F8j?= Subject: Re: Problem with PostScript files on Alpha Message-ID: <48c3f89a$0$90267$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> VAXman- @SendSpamHere.ORG wrote: > In article <00d3be57$0$20317$c3e8da3@news.astraweb.com>, Gremlin writes: >> Just installed some compilers on OVMS8.3 and FTPd the PS files to a PC >> and a Mac. Can't open them using Adobe Distiller/Reader on either >> platform or the Preview tool on OSX as the product says they are >> corrupt. Can't "decode" them online using GhostScript interpreter - >> same reason. >> >> So, the compilers work fine and the text files are OK, have tried FTP >> using text mode and binary mode......anything special about the PS files >> on OVMS? > > They're just text files with postscript commands. Yes. But it is unfortunately quite common to have lines longer than 32 KB. Arne ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 11:41:21 -0500 (CDT) From: sms@antinode.info (Steven M. Schweda) Subject: Re: Problem with PostScript files on Alpha Message-ID: <08090711412179_20201252@antinode.info> Oops. I apparently blew the copy+paste on the subject line for this posting. This time it should be in the right place. From: Gremlin > Just installed some compilers on OVMS8.3 and FTPd the PS files to a PC Which "some compilers"? Which "the PS files"? > and a Mac. Can't open them using Adobe Distiller/Reader on either > platform or the Preview tool on OSX as the product says they are > corrupt. Can't "decode" them online using GhostScript interpreter - > same reason. > > So, the compilers work fine and the text files are OK, have tried FTP > using text mode and binary mode......anything special about the PS files > on OVMS? Apple3:~ sms$ ftp antinode.info Connected to antinode.info. 220- Antinode FTP Server. Please be nice. 220 alp.antinode.info FTP Server (Version 5.4) Ready. Name (antinode.info:sms): 331 Username sms requires a Password Password: 230 User logged in. Remote system type is VMS. ftp> passive off Passive mode: off; fallback to active mode: off. ftp> cd sys$help 250-CWD command successful. 250 New default directory is SYS$SYSROOT:[SYSHLP] ftp> get CC073_RELEASE_NOTES.PS local: CC073_RELEASE_NOTES.PS remote: CC073_RELEASE_NOTES.PS 500 Illegal EPRT command. 200 PORT command successful. 150 Opening data connection for SYS$COMMON:[SYSHLP]CC073_RELEASE_NOTES.PS;1 (70.246.75.52,52335) (699512 bytes) 226 Transfer complete. 693383 bytes received in 00:06 (103.76 KB/s) ftp> quit 221 Goodbye. Double-clicking on CC073_RELEASE_NOTES.PS triggered a progress box which said "Converting PostScript File to PDF...", and then a Preview window opened displaying "HP C V7.3 for OpenVMS Alpha Release Notes". What could go wrong? Apple3:~ sms$ uname -a Darwin Apple3.local 7.9.0 Darwin Kernel Version 7.9.0: Wed Mar 30 20:11:17 PST 2005; root:xnu/xnu-517.12.7.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC Power Macintosh powerpc Which is fairly old. Perhaps they broke something since then, or perhaps your problem is related to something you did, but your description of what you did is so poor that it's hard to do more than guess what that might have been. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Steven M. Schweda sms@antinode-info 382 South Warwick Street (+1) 651-699-9818 Saint Paul MN 55105-2547 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 10:34:48 +0000 (UTC) From: helbig@astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de (Phillip Helbig---remove CLOTHES to reply) Subject: Re: Was there an EV69 Alpha? Message-ID: In article , yyyc186 writes: > Some how I don't think they would have ever release a model called > "EV69". It sounds too much like a porn title. Reminds me of the old ad "nothing sucks like a VAX". (It was an ad for the VAX make of vacuum cleaner.) ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2008 23:01:55 -0700 From: Eric Bruno Subject: Re: WGET Message-ID: Tom Linden wrote: > GNU Wget 1.10.1a > > wget -r -k http://some_web_site/A/B/C > > downloads everythhing from some_web_site and not just C > as I would have expected. Is this expected behaviour? > you may also want to look at the -nd switch you might find it useful. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 08:57:05 -0500 (CDT) From: sms@antinode.info (Steven M. Schweda) Subject: Re: WGET Message-ID: <08090708570512_20201252@antinode.info> From: Eric Bruno > Tom Linden wrote: > > GNU Wget 1.10.1a > > > > wget -r -k http://some_web_site/A/B/C > > > > downloads everythhing from some_web_site and not just C > > as I would have expected. Is this expected behaviour? > > > you may also want to look at the -nd switch you might find it useful. Around here ("wget -h"): [...] Directories: -nd, --no-directories don't create directories. [...] It's not immediately clear to me exactly how this might help here. Or did you get the "p" in "-np" rotated by pi? ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Steven M. Schweda sms@antinode-info 382 South Warwick Street (+1) 651-699-9818 Saint Paul MN 55105-2547 ------------------------------ End of INFO-VAX 2008.491 ************************