ITEM: R3548L

dd of ascii file downloaded from mainframe

ENV:  AIX 3.2.5

DESC: 
Customer copied an ascii file from a mainframe to a 9348 1/2"
9-track tape drive using a block size of 16000 and a record length of
80 bytes.  He is trying to read the tape on a RISC with the following
command:

 dd if=/dev/rmt1 of=/u/mikem/program ibs=16000 obs=80

The output of the command is 2+1 records in, 412+0 records out.  When
he tries to vi edit the output file, the system returns a message
like:

 vi: A line cannot be longer than 2048 chars

ACT:  I asked the customer to try:

 dd if=/dev/rmt1 of=/u/mikem/program ibs=16000 cbs=80 conv=unblock

This worked fine.  Customer was able to view the file fine.

NEXT:  Close item.



Support Line: dd of ascii file downloaded from mainframe ITEM: R3548L

Dated: February 1995 Category: N/A

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