Or you could use fromdsn with Co:Z to transfer and convert in one step (over SSH).
// EXEC COZPROC,ARGS='[EMAIL PROTECTED]' //STDIN DD * fromdsn -s IBM037 -t ISO8859-1 //MVS.DATASET > c:\data\myfile.txt // (the -s and -t are probably not necessary, the default will be to use the default z/OS and windows codepages) Kirk Wolf Dovetailed Technologies http://dovetail.com/coz On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 10:04 AM, McKown, John < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I cannot think of an easy way to do this, so I thought that I'd ask. I > want to copy a sequential file to another sequential file (both on DASD, > not tape!), translating the contents from EBCDIC (CP-037) to ASCII > (ISO8859-1). I can think of a way to do it using UNIX services, but I'm > hoping for a simplier method. The ASCII file is to be transferred to a > Windows system, so each line must end in CRLF. > > Yes, I could use Dovetailed Technologies' "fromdsn" and "todsn" piped to > each other, but that seems "silly" to me. > > -- > John McKown > Senior Systems Programmer > HealthMarkets > Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage > Administrative Services Group > Information Technology > > The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged > and/or confidential. It is for intended addressee(s) only. If you are > not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, > reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication is > strictly prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal > offense. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the > sender by reply and delete this message without copying or disclosing > it. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
