On Mon, 25 Sep 2017 13:59:16 -0700, Lizette Koehler wrote:

>Cross posting to ISPF and IBM Main
> 
ISPF-L doesn't seem to work very well nowadays.

>I have data that comes from a server to the mf.  It is a plain text report but
>has x'8b' to indicate Carriage control.
>
How does the data get from server to mf?  Then how does it get in JES spool?
What's x'8b' Carriage control?  That's not an ASCII character.

>If I use SDSF to XDC the dataset the x'8b' gets converted to x'F1'
> 
Is the Rexx API an alternative?

>I have tried setting the process to use ASCII and UTF-8 when I save the file -
>but it becomes garbage rather than the nice text I can see on JES2
>
Which "process"?

>Is there a process I can use to copy (XDC) or Edit the file and CREATE a file 
>on
>the mainframe Side?
>
>I may try placing the output in  USS and then seeing if I can keep the ASCII
>char that way.
> 
Can you view/dump it from an ASCII client?  Can you FTP; BINARY; GET it to
a UNIX file and inspect/dump that?

>Just looking for preventing ASCII chars on MF side from being converted under
>SDSF/XDC or SE Edit report and CC - CC and CREATE new file
> 
Is it in a MF data set?  What Carriage control according to the RECFM?

-- gil

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