>> —————————SNIP------------------------- >> IBM blundered with the 'scp' command on z/OS and made it automatically and >> uncontrollably convert text. >> >> scp is universally outside z/OS a binary transfer protocol which knows >> nothing whatsoever of the content it transfers. >> >> z/OS users are forced onto the inferior sftp which in the Unix world is >> merely an scp-knockoff nod to decades of >> scripting ftp. >> > Have I ever mentioned that I hate EBCDIC!? http://www.bobbemer.com/P-BIT.HTM > <http://www.bobbemer.com/P-BIT.HTM>
which came first the chicken or the egg? > > IBM blundered by making UNIX System Services based on EBCDIC rather than > ASCII. > It might yet be made impartially bimodal but until then customers will suffer. > > On occasion, I've resorted to such as: > ssh user$zOS "cd somewhere && pax -w . | iconv -f ISO8859-1 -t > IBM-1047" | pax -rv > > And I think once again of Samuel Johnson's politically inorrect dog. > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
