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Re: Converting ascii to ebcdic, and vice versa



Ralph Winslow wrote:
> 
> Walter L. Preuninger II wrote:
> >
> > I am looking for a library function to convert ascii to ebcdic, and/or
> > ebcdic to ascii. For example, '0' = 0x30 in ascii, 0xf0 in ebcdic.
> >
> Check out the dd command.
> 

Be *very* careful with the dd command, it "pads" out records with 
blanks and can really screw up your data. I've been bitten by this
before.

-- 
Jens B. Jorgensen
jjorgens@bdsinc.com


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