stubblef@ALMSA-1.arpa (10/28/87)
Does anyone know of a currently existing public domain or otherwise free
utility program or programs which will run on a Sperry 5000 model 80 under
UNIX System V and do the following:
1 - Read a multi-reel tape dataset encoded in EBCDIC with standard
IBM labels.
2 - Convert the above dataset to ASCII.
3 - Here is the hook. These records will be what we refer to as
'truly variable'. That is, they consist of a fixed length
header portion and one or more (but always at least one)
trailer portions which may be of different lengths. [Example -
a 50 byte header with three trailer portions. One is 15 bytes
in length. The second is 30 and the last is 9 bytes in length.
If we have to, we can write something ourselves. But we are pushing a
deadline and don't want to reinvent the wheel.
Thanks ahead of time --
Glenda Stubblefield
USALMSA
St. Louis, MO