On Mon, 4 Sep 2017 20:59:12 +0000, Robert Prins wrote > >I can probably find a set of code-pages that correctly translate the two byte >UTF-8 "ü" character to a one byte EBCDIC "ü" character, but how would those >same >two code-pages translate the Polish "ł", the Danish "ø", the Baltic "ė", and >the >Greek "Θ", which appear in the same PC-side file to one single character... And >back to the correct UTF-8 character... > >That makes the problem maybe more understandable? > If SBCS is a requirement, then if there is an EBCDIC SBCS code page that contains "ü", "ł", "ø", "ė", and "Θ", iconv can probably translate UTF-8 to that code page. Otherwise, you're SOL.
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigeonhole_principle -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
