Hi, I've got some files, that were written with a COBOL program, so I have fields that have been created with COMP (binary) "picture" clauses. The problem is now I need to read this file into a perl program. Here's what I have:
05 RECORD-TYPE PIC X. 05 LOC-ID PIC S9(4) COMP. 05 PO-ID PIC S9(8) COMP. 05 SHIP-ID PIC X(8). 05 SHIP-DT PIC S9(8) COMP. (etc) Is there a way to break-down the COMP fields into a readable format? If I recall from my COBOL days, a signed-COMP(4) will take up 3 bytes. How can I read this file?? -Jeff __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
