Re: CPYTOIMPF and Codepage

[Don <dr2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

the simple way is:

crtpf qtemp/flatfile reclen(some large number)
cpytoimpf  from/file qtemp/flatfile   (take the defaults)
cpytopcd

then copy the file from the folder to where ever you want to on the
net....

this is the simple way, there are others that take fewer steps...like
cpytoimpf right to a streamer....

Don in DC



On Fri, 6 Dec 2002, Joe Pluta wrote:

> ARGH!  I GIVE UP!
>
> I'm just trying to do a simple task: copy a file to a comma delimited file
> on my IFS which I can edit using notepad.
>
> CPYTOIMPF doesn't translate the file.  It's on the IFS as EBCDIC with
> codepage 37.  When I try to edit it, and Notepad brings the file up in
> EBCDIC (lots of @ signs, unreadable text).
>
> I thought the from and to codepages of CPY looked promising.  I try CPY,
> specifying to and from codepages, and lo and behold, the file shows up as
> codepage 1252, but still in EBCDIC.  Same results with notepad.
>
> I'm at wit's end here.  All I want to do is to copy a database file to a
> comma-delimited format, edit it with an ASCII text editor, and then copy it
> back into the original database file.
>
> WHAT AM I MISSING?
>
> Joe
>
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