In the z/OS UNIX version of the pax command, there is way to specify that the files being extracted (or added) are to be converted from one code page to a different one. One use of this is to convert from ISO8859-1 to IBM-1047 (EBCDIC) during the extract (or add). Is there a way to do this as simply in Linux? That is, translate from one code page to another during the tar unwind?
The command in question looks like: pax -ofrom=IBM-1047,to=ISO8859-1 -wf somefile.pax ...list of files to add... I'd like to do this on Linux so that I could do a single pax command on z/OS, binary ftp the pax file to Linux, then unwind the pax file on Linux twice - once "as is" and the second time translating from EBCDIC (IBM-1047) to ASCII (ISO8859-1). I could do this on z/OS, but that would cost more CPU on z/OS, take more filesystem space to store both versions, and longer to ftp both versions. John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-961-6183 cell john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
