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Re: VAX IDL save format [message #23583 is a reply to message #23582]

Tue, 30 January 2001 07:05

Craig Markwardt
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Registered: November 1996

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Mike Cooper <mcooper@ll.mit.edu> writes:

> Hi. Does anyone know if a translator exists to convert VAX save files to
> the
> gerneric XDR format used on other platforms? I have several data files
> saved under IDL1.0 for the VAX which I would know like to read into
> a newer version of IDL.
>
> Tia, -MjC
>

Does this not help? [ Documentation from RESTORE: ]

---
Note to VMS Users

When reading older VMS format files, IDL knows that all floating-point
values are in VAX format. These floating values are automatically
converted to IEEE format. Only VMS/IDL is able to restore the native
VMS format.

Note - If you are restoring a file created with VAX IDL version 1, you
must restore on a machine running VMS.
---

Given the above, and assuming you still have a VAX, you could restore
and then resave in the new format. If you don't have a VAX I would
say you need to ask the RSI folks.

Craig

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		Re: VAX IDL save format By: hugh_evans on Thu, 01 February 2001 08:22
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