Re: CPYTOIMPF

[Bob Clark <bclark@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you David,
I wonder why IBM doesn't let you specify a different code page directly on
the CPYTOIMPF command?  Seems that more often than not you are going to want
it in ASCII anyway.

David Morris wrote:

> Bob,
>
> You need to set the codepage for the output file before running
> the cpytoimpf command.  You can do this using the mov or cpy
> commands and specifying a tocodepage of 00367 which I
> believe is 7 bit ascii.  For full list of code pages look at the
> International Application Development guide on IBM's online
> library web page.
>
> David Morris
>
> >>> Bob Clark <bclark@ussafety.com> 06/30/99 11:28AM >>>
> I am trying to use the CPYTOIMPF command to write a text file to the IFS
> so that it may be used by a PC.  I am able to get the file written ok
> using this command:
>
> CPYTOIMPF FROMFILE(LIB1/DBFILE) TOSTMF('/DirA/dummy.s38')
> MBROPT(*REPLACE) RCDDLM(*CRLF) DTAFMT(*FIXED) STRDLM('"') FLDDLM(',')
>
> the problem is that it appears to be writing it in EBCDIC.  When I open
> the file on a PC with Client Access, it looks fine(because i have the
> extension set up to be automatically converted to ASCII).  However, the
> PC that will be reading this file does not have Client Access.
>
> Is there any way to make the CPYTOIMPF command convert this file to
> ASCII?
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