Actually, under VMS (last time a checked, which was quite a while ago), simply writing files from C (and thus from Perl) generates strange files. VMS files are handled by RMS and the "R" stands for "records" so VMS files are not all streams. Until C got ported to VMS, VMS didn't even have support for streamed files (that I could find).

I could see binmode() creating some kind of raw stream instead of the default "stream, LF-terminated records" format that C creates by default (though I don't think it used to). This might cause normal VMS stuff to puke because "read next record" gives you something huge. But that is already a problem for binary data in a "stream, LF-terminated records" file. Which makes me think that bindmode() should (once again?) be a no-op under VMS. But this is all wild speculation (which often prompts someone who knows something to reply; so I won't delete it).

But you can probably recover the damage from the use of binmode() under VMS using its standard file conversion utilities. The damage from no binmode() under other OSes usually isn't reversible.

        - tye (but my friends call me "Tye")

In reply to VMS binmode (RE: Windows NT CGI File Upload Problem) by tye
in thread Windows NT CGI File Upload Problem by princepawn

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