I'm sure you've thought of and discarded this, but just in case...A crude method would be a script kicked off by a cron job prior to import.
On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 10:50 AM, William Rentfrow < wrentf...@stratacominc.com> wrote: > ** ** > > We have a Windows system that stores some data - we are going to bring that > data into the CMDB. > > The process goes something like this: > > 1.) Windows job creates CSV > 2.) Automated process pushes file to Linux box > 3.) AIE Imports file > 4.) Reconciliation, etc…. > > What I am not sure of is how to deal with the DOS > Unix ascii conversion > when this is automated. I normally run the unix command "dos2unix" on CSV > files prior to AIE imports. BMC has advised us this is necessary for AIE > imports to work, and it is in line with everything else on *nix that needs > DOS ascii files converted. > > But this can't be an unusual problem - so has anyone else dealt with this? > > William Rentfrow > Principal Consultant, StrataCom Inc. > wrentf...@stratacominc.com > Blog: *www.williamrentfrow.com* > O 715-592-5185 > C 715-410-8056 > _attend WWRUG11 www.wwrug.com ARSlist: "Where the Answers Are"_ _______________________________________________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE or access ARSlist Archives at www.arslist.org attend wwrug11 www.wwrug.com ARSList: "Where the Answers Are"