You're smart enough to know what a COBOL file is. So I didn't word it perfectly.
Actually, it doesn't matter what produced the file, as long as the binary file to be converted could be described by a file that looks like a copybook. ;) Todd > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin > Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 2:58 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Convert EBCDIC to ASCII in batch? > > On Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:08:51 -0600, Todd Burch wrote: > > >If this is a COBOL file, ... > > > What's a "COBOL file"? And why does it matter? > > I used to think bytes is bytes. > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.21.7/1336 - Release Date: 3/20/2008 > 9:48 AM > No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.21.7/1336 - Release Date: 3/20/2008 9:48 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
