> when you view or copy the file over smbfs, you can see > the word line-lengths in it
This is due to the fact that smbfs ALWAYS opens its files in Read/Write mode (even when you "cat" a file, for example, and for the moment Samba/VMS deals with variable record files only when in read-only mode. I am working on the subject. PLEASE READ THIS IMPORTANT ETIQUETTE MESSAGE BEFORE POSTING: http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
