Can't VMARC LIST or UNPACK the RXDASD VMARC package

[Jack Slavick]

I'm not sure, but I think an LRECL of anything other than 80 can cause
this type of problem.

Jack
John,

I just downloaded it without any problems. The steps I took:

From XP: right-clicked on the "V-710K" for the RXDASD package, choosing

"Save target as" to a directory on my PC.
On the PC: opened a DOS-box and issued: SEND RXDASD.VMARC b:RXDASD
VMARC
E
From VM (on Pcomm session "b:"), issued: FileList * * E
and saw:
Filename Filetype Fm Format Lrecl Records Blocks Date Time

RXDASD VMARC E1 F 80 9080 178 3/13/06
10:13:26
On the '===' command line for that file, issued: VMARC UNPACK / = = e
(OLDDATE

All the files unpacked perfectly. Now... at some point in the past I
may
have set a PComm file transfer default for ".vmarc" files, but don't
find
any evidence of having done so at this time.

Mike Walter
Hewitt Associates
The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's.



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Can't VMARC LIST or UNPACK the RXDASD VMARC package






Anyone else have trouble with unpacking the VM download package named
RXDASD?
I can VMARC UNPACK other files without problems.

I've tried multiple binary downloads of RXDASD from VM's
http://www.vm.ibm.com/download/packages/ page

and when I do VMARC LIST RXDASD VMARC A
always gives this error trying to read the file:

RXDASD EXEC A1. Bytes in= 16384, bytes out= 0 ( 0%).

Invalid header for compacted file.
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[Neubert, Kevin (DIS)]

Give this a try first: PIPE < RXDASD VMARC fm | FBLOCK 80 00 | > RXDASD
VMARC fm F 80.

Regards,

Kevin

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Subject: Can't VMARC LIST or UNPACK the RXDASD VMARC package

Anyone else have trouble with unpacking the VM download package named
RXDASD?
I can VMARC UNPACK other files without problems.

I've tried multiple binary downloads of RXDASD from VM's
http://www.vm.ibm.com/download/packages/ page

and when I do VMARC LIST RXDASD VMARC A
always gives this error trying to read the file:

RXDASD EXEC A1. Bytes in= 16384, bytes out= 0 ( 0%).
Invalid header for compacted file.
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[Dave Jones]

John, make sure the VMARC file itself is in recfm(F), lrecl(80) format.
If it's not, a common symptom is being able to read just the first file
in the archive.

If it's not in the correct format, this will fix it:

PIPE < rxdasd vmarc a | FBLOCK 80 00 | > rxdasd vma a f'

then try the vmarc command against the vma file.

Good luck.

DJ

Post by Jack Slavick
Anyone else have trouble with unpacking the VM download package named
RXDASD?
I can VMARC UNPACK other files without problems.
I've tried multiple binary downloads of RXDASD from VM's
http://www.vm.ibm.com/download/packages/ page
and when I do VMARC LIST RXDASD VMARC A
RXDASD EXEC A1. Bytes in= 16384, bytes out= 0 ( 0%).
Invalid header for compacted file.
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