> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Comstock > Sent: Saturday, September 02, 2006 11:19 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Converting data into Unicode >
<snip> > > Dave, > > I'm working on a utility to convert EBCDIC files to > UTF-8 or UTF-16; you should probably do a conversion > like that first, then do the FTP as binary. > <snip> > > Kind regards, > > -Steve Comstock Why do you need to write a utility? Won't the UNIX "iconv" program work? iconv -f IBM-037 -t UCS-2 <input.EBCDIC >output.UCS2 -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html