migration from mainframe to web

[Gerald Combs]

squish:/home/gerald> man dd

  [ ... ]

       conv=KEYWORDS
              convert the file as per the comma separated keyword
              list

  [ ... ]

...Each  KEYWORD may be:

       ascii  from EBCDIC to ASCII

       ebcdic from ASCII to EBCDIC

       ibm    from ASCII to alternated EBCDIC

On Fri, 7 Jun 2002, Brian Densmore wrote:

> Plus there are some programs that can read EBCDIC and convert between
> the two.
> Like Microfocus COBOL (shivers, crosses self).
> Anyone know of any Linux utility that does that?
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: zscoundrel [mailto:zscoundrel at kc.rr.com]
> > Sent: Friday, June 07, 2002 8:46 AM
> > To: eallen at kc.rr.com
> > Cc: Kansas City Linux users
> > Subject: Re: migration from mainframe to web
> > 
> > 
> > FTP on the mainframe side has an option to convert EBCDIC to 
> > ASCII.  You 
> > may still need to process the data a bit to get it to work 
> > with your DB, 
> > but it is not that hard to do.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Ed Allen wrote:
> > 
> > > Forwarded message:
> > > 
> > >>Linux as a web server or proxy server shouldn't be anything 
> > out of the
> > >>usual. What part were you trying to get ideas for? For a 
> > web server I
> > >>usually use Apache w/ PHP and I use MySQL for light db 
> > stuff (as most
> > >>
> > >>On Mon, 3 Jun 2002, kool dude wrote:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>>Hi all
> > >>>I'm currently working on a enterprise data system
> > >>>housed on s/390 with OS/390.We're currently planning
> > >>>to make it web accessible with plans of moving it from
> > >>>main frame because of the high costs and the need for
> > >>>the web accessebility.Any suggestion about how we
> > >>>could use linux for this.Any help would be greately
> > >>>appreciated.
> > >>>Thanks
> > >>>Mark
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > > Check with your IBM rep about running Linux in an LPAR.
> > > Otherwise you must face converting your data from EBCIDIC
> > > to ASCII at the very least.
> > > 
> > > You could then use your current software as the back end
> > > and talk to the OS/390 through PPP over a channel interface.
> > > While Linux talks to the world.
> > > 
> > > 
> > majordomo at kclug.org
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > majordomo at kclug.org
> > 
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