Re: A $64k ? (UNIX commands on NT)

Brian P. Mac Lean wrote:
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> I need to convert a file from EBCDIC to ASCII and then use it as input
> to SQL*Loader using as little disk space as possible. On UNIX
> machines this can be accomplished easily using =93dd=94 to do the
> character conversion and a FIFO pipe to handle the I/O. An example:
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> $ mknod fifo_pipe p
> $ dd if=3D/dev/rmt/0 of=3Dfifo_pipe conv=3Dascii &
> $ sqlldr userid=3Dfoo/bar data=3Dfifo_pipe control=3Dfoobar.ctl
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> What is the NT solution, or is there none?
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I don't think there is even a way to convert EBCDIC to ASCII, under NT. Not out of the box, that is. =

And the named pipe trick is also much more complicated under NT. That is, I've never seen anyone use them like unnamed pipes. Maybe it can be done, but I think the easiest solution is to write a "small" program if it has to be NT. Maybe get yourself a nice little Unix box on the side?

Kees Received on Mon Oct 20 1997 - 00:00:00 CDT