Re: Vertical bar translation

Correction.  It was hex 6A not hex CA in the DB2 file.

Rob Berendt
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Vertical bar translation






I have a file in a library.  The CCSID of this file, (from DSPFD) is 
65535.
I use the following command on this file:
CPYTOSTMF  +
                          FROMMBR('/qsys.lib/ediftpdta.lib/gxsftpun.f+
                          ile/gxsftpun.mbr') +
                          TOSTMF('/ediftpdta/edioutifs') +
                          STMFOPT(*REPLACE) STMFCODPAG(*STMF) +
                          ENDLINFMT(*CRLF)
Then I use FTP in the standard ASCII method to move this file to another 
platform.

Problem:  Hex CA is a vertical bar.  On my keyboard it's the cap's mode of 

the backslash just above the Enter key.
If I ftp this down to my PC and use either Notepad or Wordpad it looks 
great - a vertical bar.
However if I use TYPE thefilename from DOS it looks like a superscripted 
underlined capital Q.
I don't know how to use these utilities to display the ascii code of the 
data.

Why this is important.
Our customer is rather fond of this vertical bar.  And whatever platform 
they are using comes up with (I've been told anyway) an ampersand.

Is there some trick I have to do such as:
- Changing the CCSID of the physical file that is the source of the 
CPYTOSTMF to some magic number?
- Having a preexisting IFS file with just the right CCSID?
- Changing the STMFCODPAG option to some number?



Rob Berendt
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"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary 
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." 
Benjamin Franklin 
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