Stephen,
What Pat suggest will work.  We copied the bldparms file and changed the
ascii statement and save it for the different size of files.  We
back-reference the file
we need on the line before the get command in the ftp script.

  ftp113.atlas
    1     ;REC=-113,,F,ASCII;DISC=204800
    2     ;REC=-256,,V,BINARY;DISC=204800
    3     ;REC=,,B;DISC=16384000

ftp
  17     :FILE BLDPARMS.ARPA.SYS=FTP113.ATLAS
           get afile


>----------
>From:  Pat Shugart[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent:  Thursday, July 31, 1997 2:12 PM
>To:    [log in to unmask]
>Subject:       FTP from VMS 6.2 to HP 996 running 5.5 -Reply
>
>Stephen,
>
>Sounds like you're trying to transfer an ASCII file. Take a look at
>BLDPARMS.ARPA.SYS. If you change the first value there, it may do
>what you're looking for. I haven't tried it, so I can't be certain it will
>work.
>
>Hope this helps!
>
>Pat Shugart
>Oaksoft Consulting, Inc.
>(248) 489-6565
>
>>>> Stephen Sheehy <[log in to unmask]> 07/29/97 03:46pm >>>
>I'm trying to FTP from VMS 6.2 to a HP 996 running 5.5 using FTP.
>
>I need to "manage" the record size and file size on the "Put" from the
>DEC.
>
>Wants to come over 80 chars by default.
>
>
>If I "Get" ( with the BUILD) on the HP, life is good.
>