VMS C file type and stdio - help!

[Leo de Wit]

In article <20448 at watmath.waterloo.edu> egisin at watmath.waterloo.edu (Eric Gisin) writes:
|You can create the file in C as a stream-LF file,
|then change the file type to binary stream (UDF, no record attribute).
|Kermit will be able to handle UDF files unless it goes
|out of its way to disallow them.
|I haven't programmed VMS in a long time, but I think
|changing file types is done with an undocumented RMS function,
|or with a disk ACP QIO function. (I don't have access to manuals)

To convert file types in VMS, use convert ( 8-).
>From a program the convert utility is a three-stage rocket:
	conv$pass_files(),
	conv$pass_options(),
	conv$convert().
Consult your manuals for the correct parameters.

                   Leo.