And the prize goes to... Doug Werth... whose answer not only worked, but
came in before any ITRC suggestions.

Doug Werth wrote:

> The file size of your STD file is not the problem, per se. I just took
> a very small STD file (37 records), sent it to an HP9000 in binary
> mode, pulled it back in bytestream mode, and I get the same error you
> do, " This message is reserved." Next, I PUT it in bytestream mode,
> and pulled it back in bytestream mode. I still get the error. So, it
> looks like transferring a store to disk file in bytestream mode
> "hoses" it.
>
> The real question is why is your binary mode transfer complaining that
> the file is too big? I think your binary mode is defaulting to
> variable records, for which there is no large file support. I haven't
> seen where you tried a binary get, and specified all of your parms,
> including REC=.
>
> Try completely qualifying both the number of records, and the record
> size. Also, double check your bldparms.arpa.sys file.
>
>  ftp> get store store.backup2;code=2501;disc=16776959;rec=128,1,f,binary

And lo and behold, THIS WORKS.  The differences are very subtle (haven't
figured them out yet).  One more time, with examples:

STORE was created bytestream with ;code=2501;disc=16777000;rec=128,,f,binary
STORE2 was created binary with ;code=2501;disc=16777000;rec=128,1,f,binary

The files appear equivalent, but :restore chokes on STORE while it works
on STORE2.  He'res the file characteristics:

> (MANAGER.SYS)# listfile @.backup2,2
> ACCOUNT=  SYS         GROUP=  BACKUP2
>
> FILENAME  CODE  ------------LOGICAL RECORD-----------  ----SPACE----
>                   SIZE  TYP        EOF      LIMIT R/B  SECTORS #X MX
>
> STORE   * STORE   128W  FB    14691733   16776959   1 14691744  * 32
> STORE2  * STORE   128W  FB    14691733   16777000   1 14691744  * 32
>
>
> (MANAGER.SYS)# listfile @.backup2,3
> ********************
> FILE: STORE.BACKUP2.SYS
>
> FILE CODE : 2501                FOPTIONS: BINARY,FIXED,NOCCTL,STD
> BLK FACTOR: 1                   CREATOR : **
> REC SIZE: 256(BYTES)            LOCKWORD: **
> BLK SIZE: 256(BYTES)            SECURITY--READ    : ANY
> EXT SIZE: 65535(SECT)                     WRITE   : ANY
> NUM REC: 14691733                         APPEND  : ANY
> NUM SEC: 14691744                         LOCK    : ANY
> NUM EXT: 7177                             EXECUTE : ANY
> MAX REC: 16776959                       **SECURITY IS ON
> MAX EXT: 32                     FLAGS   : 1 ACCESSOR,SHARED,1 R
> NUM LABELS: 0                   CREATED : MON, SEP 13, 2004,  6:25 PM
> MAX LABELS: 0                   MODIFIED: MON, SEP 13, 2004,  7:26 PM
> DISC DEV #: 43                  ACCESSED: MON, SEP 13, 2004,  9:54 PM
> SEC OFFSET: 0                   LABEL ADDR: **
> VOLCLASS  : DEVELOPMENT:DISC
> ********************
> FILE: STORE2.BACKUP2.SYS
>
> FILE CODE : 2501                FOPTIONS: BINARY,FIXED,NOCCTL,STD
> BLK FACTOR: 1                   CREATOR : **
> REC SIZE: 256(BYTES)            LOCKWORD: **
> BLK SIZE: 256(BYTES)            SECURITY--READ    : ANY
> EXT SIZE: 65535(SECT)                     WRITE   : ANY
> NUM REC: 14691733                         APPEND  : ANY
> NUM SEC: 14691744                         LOCK    : ANY
> NUM EXT: 7177                             EXECUTE : ANY
> MAX REC: 16777000                       **SECURITY IS ON
> MAX EXT: 32                     FLAGS   : 1 ACCESSOR,SHARED,1 R
> NUM LABELS: 0                   CREATED : MON, SEP 13, 2004,  8:39 PM
> MAX LABELS: 0                   MODIFIED: MON, SEP 13, 2004,  9:37 PM
> DISC DEV #: 43                  ACCESSED: MON, SEP 13, 2004,  9:37 PM
> SEC OFFSET: 0                   LABEL ADDR: **
> VOLCLASS  : DEVELOPMENT:DISC

So go figure.  Running an FCOPY;COMPARE right now and so far it hasn't
found any differences.

Jeff

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