> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Godfrey > Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2006 10:42 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Character set conversoin headaches > > > Correction: That should be CRLF to LF. > > Bill
Perhaps I'm confused, but I am fairly sure that z/OS UNIX text files are delimited by the x'15' code point. This is not an LF (Line Feed). It is a NL (New Line). All other UNIX systems use LF (Ascii x'0A') as the "end of line" delimited. IBM for some reason chose NL. An EBCDIC LF is 0x25. This is why a simple "iconv" of a ASCII UNIX file, ftp'ed to z/OS via BINARY, results in a "bad" EBCDIC file if you do: iconv -t IBM-1047 -f ISO8859-1 <ascii.unix.file >ebcdic.unix.file The 0x0A "line delimiters" in "ascii.unix.file" will be converted to 0x25 in the "ebcdic.unix.file" when they really need to be 0x15. The conversion is technically correct because ASCII 0x0A is LF, which is EBCDIC 0x25. But the z/OS UNIX expects 0x15 as the "line delimiter". Again, because ASCII UNIX system use "Line Feed" as the delimiter whereas as z/OS UNIX uses "New Line". These are different characters and thus different code point. Note that the above "iconv" command works "correctly" on Linux! Why? Because whomever wrote the conversion table translates ASCII LF to EBCDIC NL! -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
