At 12:51 AM 5/3/95 EDT, Jeff Kell wrote:
>If you're going iX to iX this works already.  The problem is when there is an
>intermediate system, and more precisely when are MPE file attributes relevant?
...
>Just to keep things in focus, DEC's VMS and most all IBM platforms suffer
>from the same pains (OS_specific file attributes).
 
Another one for the standards committees - every operating system ought to
have an 'encapsulation' feature which allows any type of file to be packaged
as a raw bit stream, with a standardized header identifying source OS,
version number, original file name and type, followed by the OS-specific
file labels/contents/etc.  If transferred to the same OS the file can then
be unpackaged completely intact.  If transferred to a different OS then at
least the OS manufacturer has the option of detecting and supporting the
'foreign' file type to whatever degree he sees fit.
 
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