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Top Forums UNIX for Beginners Questions & Answers Convert EBCDIC(.DAT) FILE into ASCII FILE Post 302997962 by rbatte1 on Tuesday 23rd of May 2017 11:46:03 AM
Old 05-23-2017
Welcome JSM,

I have a few to questions pose in response first:-
  • Is this homework/assignment? There are specific forums for these.
  • What have you tried so far?
  • What output/errors do you get?
  • What OS and version are you using?
  • What are your preferred tools? (C, shell, perl, awk, etc.)
  • What logical process have you considered? (to help steer us to follow what you are trying to achieve)
Most importantly, What have you tried so far? You mention using dd, but what flags did you use and what output did you get that was wrong? Having a .dat files does not necessarily mean that the data is EBCIDIC.

There are probably many ways to achieve most tasks, so giving us an idea of your style and thoughts will help us guide you to an answer most suitable to you so you can adjust it to suit your needs in future. I've added CODE tags to you post to make the data clearer.


We're all here to learn and getting the relevant information will help us all.

Kind regards,
Robin
 

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dat_strerror(3DAT)				     Direct Access Transport Library Functions					dat_strerror(3DAT)

NAME
dat_strerror - convert a DAT return code into human readable strings SYNOPSIS
cc [ flag... ] file... -ldat [ library... ] #include <dat/udat.h> DAT_RETURN dat_strerror( IN DAT_RETURN return, OUT const char **major_message, OUT const char **minor_message ) PARAMETERS
return DAT function return value. message A pointer to a character string for the return. DESCRIPTION
The dat_strerror() function converts a DAT return code into human readable strings. The major_message is a string-converted DAT_TYPE_STA- TUS, while minor_message is a string-converted DAT_SUBTYPE_STATUS. If the return of this function is not DAT_SUCCESS, the values of major_message and minor_message are not defined. If an undefined DAT_RETURN value was passed as the return parameter, the operation fails with DAT_INVALID_PARAMETER returned. The operation succeeds when DAT_SUCCESS is passed in as the return parameter. RETURN VALUES
DAT_SUCCESS The operation was successful. DAT_INVALID_PARAMETER Invalid parameter. The return value is invalid. ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes: +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ | ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |Interface Stability |Standard: uDAPL, 1.1, 1.2 | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ |MT-Level |Safe | +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+ SEE ALSO
libdat(3LIB), attributes(5) SunOS 5.11 16 Jul 2004 dat_strerror(3DAT)
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