  ZIP and BILF? 
 The Question is:
 
is there an alpha version of the bilf program?
 
 The Answer is:
 
  ZIP is present on the OpenVMS Freeware.
 
  The pre-built version of ZIP provided on the OpenVMS Freeware V4.0 (in
  000TOOLS) is known to erroneously report BILF errors on recent OpenVMS
  versions, though a version rebuilt from the provided sources (GZIP or
  INFO-ZIP) has been known to work.
 
  ZIP files in variable format are usually corrupt, as most (valid) ZIP
  files use the fixed-512 format.  The need for BILF usually points to
  a bug in ZIP, or to a failure to FTP transfer the file in binary mode.
 
  BILF provides similar capabilities to the DCL command:
 
    SET FILE/ATTR=RFM=STMLF file.ext
 
  and Joe Meadows' FILE utility:
 
    $ FILE/TYPE=LFSTREAM/ATTR=IMPLIEDCC file.ext
 
  Will turn the file into a Stream LF file.
 
