PAX exists for Linux, but I have never used it. You may get some of what you want by using 'iconv'. It can convert from "ASCII" to "IBM-1047" ... among other combinations.
-- R; <>< On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 11:05, McKown, John <[email protected]> wrote: > In the z/OS UNIX version of the pax command, there is way to specify that the > files being extracted (or added) are to be converted from one code page to a > different one. One use of this is to convert from ISO8859-1 to IBM-1047 > (EBCDIC) during the extract (or add). Is there a way to do this as simply in > Linux? That is, translate from one code page to another during the tar unwind? > > The command in question looks like: > > pax -ofrom=IBM-1047,to=ISO8859-1 -wf somefile.pax ...list of files to add... > > I'd like to do this on Linux so that I could do a single pax command on z/OS, > binary ftp the pax file to Linux, then unwind the pax file on Linux twice - > once "as is" and the second time translating from EBCDIC (IBM-1047) to ASCII > (ISO8859-1). I could do this on z/OS, but that would cost more CPU on z/OS, > take more filesystem space to store both versions, and longer to ftp both > versions. > > John McKown > Systems Engineer IV > IT > > Administrative Services Group > > HealthMarkets(r) > > 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 > (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-961-6183 cell > [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or > proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please > contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original > message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and > issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake > Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of > TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
