To convert DOS and UNIX GSAS files for use in VMS, I use the VMS $ convert/pad/fdl=80fix.fdlcommand. Where 80fix.fdl is: IDENT "16-NOV-1992 10:10:01 VAX-11 FDL Editor" SYSTEM SOURCE "VAX/VMS" FILE ALLOCATION 0 BEST_TRY_CONTIGUOUS yes EXTENSION 0 ORGANIZATION sequential RECORD BLOCK_SPAN yes CARRIAGE_CONTROL carriage_return FORMAT fixed SIZE 80 A few notes: the DOS files have a CR (or LF or both?) already inside, so if xfered to VMS in ASCII mode, convert should recognize the record boundaries. This is not true in the UNIX versions, where convdtos must be used 1st to add the CR characters before the files are transferred. BHT -- ******************************************************************** Brian H. Toby, Ph.D. Leader, Crystallography Team Brian.Toby@NIST.gov NIST Center for Neutron Research E151/235 voice: 301-975-4297 National Institute of Standards & Technology FAX: 301-921-9847 Gaithersburg, MD 20899 ********************************************************************
just copy them as ASCII files and convert them in ISAM format. Below is a small code I wrote ages ago for this.... Click here for File - artioli.for good luck Gilberto ------------------------------------------------------ Gilberto Artioli Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra Universita' degli Studi di Milano Via Botticelli 23 I-20133 Milano, Italy tel: 39-2-23698320 fax: 39-2-70638681 e-mail: artioli@iummix.terra.unimi.it url: http://iummix.terra.unimi.it/~artioli/start.html
A VMS version of the utility 'cnvfile' found with the DOS is available. It takes a properly formatted ASCII file and writes the 80 character record ISAM file needed by VMS versions of GSAS. URL's for the VAX version of source and executable are at ftp://cryst.ciw.edu/gsas_vax/cnvfile.for [local] and ftp://cryst.ciw.edu/gsas_vax/cnvfile.exe [local] For VMS/AXP (alpha) users, the URLs are ftp://cryst.ciw.edu/gsas_alpha/cnvfile.for [local] ftp://cryst.ciw.edu/gsas_alpha/cnvfile.exe [local]