On Fri, 24 Mar 2017 08:08:33 -0500, John McKown wrote: >> >> Do whatever it takes to create the actual data set you want to transmit, >> *then* invoke ftp to transmit it. >> THis may depend on the denizens' of the target system having the privilege and skill to do this.
>... We do have >Microfocus COBOL. Interestingly(?), it can read the "mainframe encoded" >data (EBCDIC, z series integers & packed decimal) just fine. Unfortunately, >unless I'm missing something, there is not any option to read in "mainframe >encoded" mode but write out in "Windows encoded" mode. ... > So leave the data in "mainframe encoded" mode perpetually and rely on the abilities of Microfocus COBOL to process it? ??? I'll stray off-charter and draw a parallel with events today in Washington D.C. A group driven by ideology is working under pressure of a deadline to reach a goal with no practical plan to get there. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
