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mrgnndhmk
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Hi All,
I have couple of EBCDIC format files in Windows. The task is to take those files to Mainframe and dump the file displaying each field of the record.
The simple way I know is FTP the file to Mainframe in binary mode so that in Mainframe we I can see it as readable format.
The problem I am facing is I am loosing the COMP-3/COMP variables and the format in the file is lost even though I give the exact record length (the files are fixed record length).
I have attached the format that is displayed.
Please let me know if there is any tool/ways to do this conversion in a systematic way.
Regards,
Muruganandham k |
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Robert Sample
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Have you allocated the file on the mainframe and then transferred it via FTP? Or you can use QUOTE SITE to provide the LRECL and RECFM for the file as part of your FTP commands.
Transferring a file in binary will not change the COMP or COMP-3 values. |
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mrgnndhmk
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| For VB file it is more even worse in the format. How should I transfer a VB file which is in EBCDIC format? |
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Robert Sample
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| I give the exact record length (the files are fixed record length). |
Fixed length records in EBCDIC on a PC are easy to transfer. The problem with variable blocked files is that when transferred to the PC, unless special effort is taken, the BDW and RDW fields are not transferred since they are not considered part of the data record. If they were not transferred, it is not possible to transfer an EBCDIC VB file back to a mainframe and recover the original records since the record lengths are no longer available. |
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akhi007
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| Can you help me understand what is the special effort to resolve this issue... Thanks in advance |
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dick scherrer
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Hello,
Suggest the file from the PC be formatted differently when it is created. |
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mrgnndhmk
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Hi,
Thanks for the inputs. I have suggested to take care of VB file creation.
Any idea why the format of fixed length is also disturbed as in the image attached in the first post? |
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Robert Sample
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| What's the hex value for the non-display character (the period) at the start of each line you posted? |
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dick scherrer
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Hello,
I suspect this is due to the lrecl on the mainframe being slightly different than the actual data length (including any cr/lf characters) in the uploaded file. |
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