You could also set up the job that creates the CSV to perform the conversion before shipping the file:
https://ccrma.stanford.edu/~craig/utility/flip/ Axton Grams On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 7:47 AM, Brian Gillock <arslist2...@gmail.com>wrote: > ** 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"_ > > > _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"
