Too many unknowns to be of much help. Can't even begin to answer your question about what software would produce a given corruption pattern; there are -so- many possibilities where a translation might occur and thus corrupt the data. Indeed, the corruption might be as massive as what you are seeing, or as small as just a single charaer. The translation may even be happening more than once.
For example, I have seen Windows translate a file sent in binary mode. I had to actally name the incomming file xxx.BIN to get Windows to leave it alone. I don't know of any good way to attack this withoug going all the way back to initial file creation, understand the file attributes (to include local code page), then step through the transmission process understanding exactly what is happening at each step. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Paul Edwards Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2012 8:55 AM To: [email protected] Subject: corrupt zip files I have a zip file that appears to have been produced using pkzip for z/OS. However, it looks like it has been transmitted using some sort of text protocol, because the high bit has been stripped from most bytes, and some other bytes appear to have been translated. e.g. I think x'0a' in the input file has been mangled to x'b6' on the way. Does anyone know what software would do a translation like that? ..snip NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any files transmitted with it are intended exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. The message, together with any attachment, may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, printing, saving, copying, disclosure or distribution is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately advise the sender by reply email and delete all copies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
