On Thu, 12 Nov 2020 21:48:06 +0000, Robert Prins wrote: >For those who don't know, XYplorer <https://www.xyplorer.com/> is a replacement > ... >Both can be used on all of your computers. > One of my computers is a Raspberry Pi.
> ... auto-convert EBCDIC files. I asked for it (it's kind >of useful to have a quick look at XMIT files containing source, README, or >"$INDEX" like members) and he has hard-coded some defaults: > > The conversion is hard-coded to IBM EBCDIC International (codepage 500) > and a record length of 80. > XMIT files of RECVM=VB source contain control information sufficient to reconstruct line boundaries. Lacking that, it's not only a "quick look" but also dirty. A PDS member TRANSMITted without the SEQ option is worse: it's an IEBCOPY PDSU inside a .XMIT envelope. >I suggested the LRECL=80, he himself went for CP 500. I've already suggested >that he "externalizes" the CP, ... > It should be externalized. >For what it's worth, I suggested that the EBCDIC auto-detect is based on long >strings of the ASCII "@" character, the EBCDIC space. > RECFM=V files may lack such long strings of x'40'. Would better be a preponderance of octets above x'80'? But there should be an option to override. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
