RE: the conversion is from Mainframe flat file to Unix Flat file

Hi Raymond,
 EBCDIC= Extended Binary-Coded Decimal Interchange Code. A format developed by IBM a long time ago to represent characters as numbers for the computers. This format is mainly used by Mainframe computers (those big monster computers in that cold room with a combination lock on the door ;-)

 Most PCs, Apple/Macs, UNIX use ASCII code (ASCII = American Standard Code for Information Interchange) to do the same.

 To read the EBCDIC coded data on a UNIX server, you will need to use 'dd' command that can read and convert data coded in EBCDIC to ASCII, provided the tape drive can read that tape. I think it should not contain any tape label (unlabelled tape). There may be some third party tools to do the same on NT/Win2K.  

Hope this helps.  

Regards,

• Kirti Deshpande Verizon Information Services http://www.superpages.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Raymond Lee Meng Hong [SMTP:RAYMOND_at_infopro.com.my]
> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 9:40 PM
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> Subject: the conversion is from Mainframe flat file to Unix Flat file
> - b
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> what is EBCDIC format
>
> I have a customer from IBM DB2 mainframe going to pass data to my oracle
> system for matching of record ,what they told me is the tape is in EBCDIC
> format ? I don't have any experience on these format ? can anyone please
> explain /guildline on these ?
>
>
> Raymond fall asleep in waiting for the Q.
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