If this is a COBOL file, and you can FTP it to Windows in binary, along with the copybook, I have a utility I wrote (runs on Unix and Windows) that will convert those 16,000 tracks to ASCII text and you could time it with the secondhand on your wristwatch.
Todd > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of McKown, John > Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 9:04 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Convert EBCDIC to ASCII in batch? > > 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. > No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.21.7/1335 - Release Date: 3/19/2008 9:54 AM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
