After seeing the wrong translation, look at the file in hex mode to see what the hex value is, and what the character is supposed to be according to the software package in use. Then you have to find the right code page and the right target encoding.
On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 1:35 PM Paul Gilmartin <0000000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > On Thu, 19 Sep 2019 13:21:43 -0500, Mike Schwab wrote: > > >Different IBM MVS software packages used different characters sets. > >APL and C files are usually the ones that require a different > >translation. IBM MVS printers often used two different code pages > >too. > > > What ways are there to find which code page you're using? > > o UNIX "locale" command? > > o Terminal emulator settings? > > o Software package documentation? > > o Other (specify)? > > >> quote site sbdataconn=(IBM-1047,ISO8859-1) > >> > > Possibly: > quote site ENCODING MBCS > quote site mbdataconn=(IBM-????,UTF-8) > quote site mbdataconn=(IBM-????,IBM-1208) > (or, pre-filter with iconv and transfer in binary.) > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
