On Mon, 6 Apr 2015 16:00:26 -0500, Tim Hare wrote:

>A couple of questions I haven't seen yet
>
>1. Was the original FTP done in binary or text mode?
>2. Do the corrupted records make any sense as EBCDIC characters when you 
>browse/view the "corrupted" file?
>
(Or, do they make any sense as ASCII characters?)

>    ...
>First thing would be 'send the file again correctly'.
>
Alas, the OP said:

On Tue, 3 Mar 2015 10:44:42 -0600, Ron Thomas wrote:
[Time warp!]

>Hello.
>
>We have a file that is send from a third part system
>
The "third part[y]" system may not be very tractable for "send
the file again correctly".  But if they re-send as binary, there's
no information lost, and it can be processed on z/OS (painstakingly)
to whatever format is desired.

-- gil

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