1.$ EXCHANGE/NETWORK VMS_FILE.DAT KUDOS::FOREIGN_SYS.DAT In this example, the EXCHANGE/NETWORK command transfers the file VMS_FILE.DAT located in the current default device and directory to the file FOREIGN_SYS.DAT on the non OpenVMS node KUDOS. Because the /TRANSFER_MODE qualifier was not explicitly specified, the EXCHANGE/NETWORK command automatically determines whether the transfer method should be block or record I/O. 2.$ EXCHANGE/NETWORK/TRANSFER_MODE=BLOCK - _$ KUDOS::FOREIGN_SYS.DAT VMS_FILE.DAT In this example, the EXCHANGE/NETWORK command transfers the file FOREIGN_SYS.DAT from the non OpenVMS node KUDOS to the file VMS_FILE.DAT in the current default device and directory. Block I/O is specified for the transfer mode. 3.$ EXCHANGE/NETWORK/FDL=VMS_FILE_DEFINITION.FDL - _$ KUDOS::REMOTE_FILE.TXT VMS_FILE.DAT In this example, the EXCHANGE/NETWORK command transfers the file REMOTE_FILE.TXT on node KUDOS to the file VMS_FILE.DAT. The file attributes for the output file VMS_FILE.DAT are obtained from the File Definition Language (FDL) source file VMS_FILE_DEFINITION.FDL. Because the qualifier /FDL is specified and the /TRANSFER_MODE qualifier is omitted, the transfer mode uses block I/O, by default. For more information about creating FDL files, see the OpenVMS Record Management Utilities Reference Manual. 4.$ EXCHANGE/NETWORK - _$ /TRANSFER_MODE=CONVERT=(CARRIAGE_CONTROL,COUNTED, - _$ RECORD_SEPARATOR=CRLF,FIXED_CONTROL) - _$ PRINT_FILE.TXT KUDOS::* In this example, the EXCHANGE/NETWORK command transfers the file PRINT_FILE.TXT from the current default device and directory to the file PRINT_FILE.TXT on the non OpenVMS node KUDOS. The use of the CONVERT option with the /TRANSFER_MODE qualifier forces the input file to be read in record by record, modified as specified by the CONVERT options that follow, and written to the output file block by block. As many records as will fit are packed into the output blocks. The CONVERT option CARRIAGE_CONTROL specifies that carriage control information is converted to ASCII characters and inserted before the data or appended to the record, depending on whether prefix control or postfix control, or both, are used. The CONVERT option FIXED_CONTROL specifies that any fixed control information be translated to ASCII characters and inserted at the beginning of the record. The CONVERT option RECORD_SEPARATOR=CRLF appends the two specified characters, carriage return and line feed, to the end of the record. The CONVERT option COUNTED specifies that the total length of the record must be counted (once the impact of all the previous convert options have been added), and the result is to be inserted at the beginning of the record, in the first 2 bytes.