Xref: utzoo comp.unix.misc:419 comp.lang.c:33125 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!ogicse!husc6!paperboy!meissner From: meissner@osf.org (Michael Meissner) Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc,comp.lang.c Subject: Re: EBCDIC <--> ASCII conversion Message-ID: Date: 24 Oct 90 19:08:59 GMT References: <1756@dinl.mmc.UUCP> <661@modus.sublink.ORG> <831@compnect.UUCP> Sender: news@OSF.ORG Organization: Open Software Foundation Lines: 17 In-reply-to: johncore@compnect.UUCP's message of 18 Oct 90 01:50:58 GMT In article <831@compnect.UUCP> johncore@compnect.UUCP (John Core ) writes: | why write code do convert ascii to EBCDIC. it comes with | Unix. it's called dd However, unlike say ISO646 or ASCII, there is no one standard EBCDIC. There are various EBCDIC's which share a lot of characters in common, but have some different translations. Also, you have the fun in most EBCDIC's in that there are two representatons for '[' and ']'. One that your printer will print, and one that your terminal will display correctly. -- Michael Meissner email: meissner@osf.org phone: 617-621-8861 Open Software Foundation, 11 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA, 02142 Do apple growers tell their kids money doesn't grow on bushes?