On Sat, 5 May 2012 08:54:52 -0500, Paul Edwards wrote: >I have a zip file that appears to have been produced using pkzip for z/OS. > >However, it looks like it has been transmitted using some sort of text >protocol, because the high bit has been stripped from most bytes, and some >other bytes appear to have been translated. e.g. I think x'0a' in the input >file has been mangled to x'b6' on the way. Does anyone know what software >would do a translation like that? > ... >Does anyone have any idea what protocol (ftp, sftp, winscp, kermit, >connect:direct, http) would affect data in this manner? I've never seen >mangling like that before. > You've been lucky until now.
Such historical questions rapidly become unproductive. More useful, what protocol was used? What alternatives are available? If your correspondent replies with a glassy stare, "Protocol? I just sent the file", ask to talk to someone who knows what he's doing. This is among the reasons IBM support urges customers to use AMATERSE. (Wouldn't it be nice if AMATERSE reported a checksum in SYSPRINT? Likewise, wouldn't it be nice if common transfer protocols reported checksums at both sending and receiving ends?) -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
