RE: Determine IFS file type

Mike...a suggestion...
        copy both files to another directory, translate the EBCDIC file to 
ASCII.ftp can accomplish this.
        both files will be in the same format.

Ken

-----Original Message-----
From: Wills, Mike N. (TC) [mailto:MNWills@taylorcorp.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 11:46 AM
To: Midrange - Midrange-L (E-mail); Lawson - Tech (E-mail)
Subject: Determine IFS file type


Lawson creates a .prt text file on the IFS for every report it creates. We
want to be able to read that file for some custom java programs. I have
looked at these before and have noticed that they are EBCDIC files. However,
one program (RW100) seems to be different. On one job (Preliminary) it
creates the files as EBCDIC, the other job (Final) creates plain text (NOTE:
these are the same job except by name). How can we determine what type the
file is so we can properly read it into our java program or fix it so that
they are all of one type (EBCDIC or ASCII).

Mike Wills
IT Corporate Support
Taylor Corporation
mnwills@taylorcorp.com
Phone: (507) 386-3187


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