Obviously it would be a rather tall order to try to unscramble an RMS-indexed file from the linux end. There are a number of utilities that can help you convert the RMS file to a flat format at the VMS end, such as CONVERT/FDL and DATATRIEVE.

Update: And of course, having modified the flat file at the linux end and having created an fdl file (file definition language) using ANALYZE/RMS/FDL at the VMS end, you can then CONVERT/FDL the modified flat file back to RMS format, thus by this indirect route achieving the same effect as modification from the linux end.

-M

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