On 2014-07-31, at 07:37, R.S. wrote: >>> >> I'm curious. I believe that if you transfer the file from mainframe to PC >> as text with either FTP or IND$FILE, EBCDIC will be translated to ASCII >> and RDWs converted to CF/LF. What technique do you use that doesn't >> do this for you? >> > Since you can switch the translation off, the question IMHO is "why do you > use such technique?" > > Personally I use EBCDIC-ASCII translation for text files, and some XMIT > Explorer for XMITted PDS(E)s, so I don't need to view EBCDIC files in text > viewer. > However sometimes (RARELY) I get a file from third party in EBCDIC - then I > use PC conversion/view tools. Example - SCRT tool. > If I got such, I'd be tempted to FTP to some convenient mainframe as BINARY, then FTP back to the desktop in ASCII. Record boundaries would probably be lost, but they were probably lost before I got the file from the "third party". (Who's the second "party"?)
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