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Complete the Conversion for ASCII/EBCDIC Conflicts

CA OPS/MVS Web Services store several types of files in your HFS or zFS in compatibility mode. Web Services distribute some of these files in binary format, and it distributes some files in EBCDIC. The following table provides some examples:

CA OPS/MVS Web Services distributes its configuration files in EBCDIC to ease viewing and editing in the USS environment. Apache Tomcat can recognize either format.

If you want both configure Tomcat and keep all the configuration files in ASCII, you first convert the files that CA OPS/MVS distributes from EBCDIC to ASCII. We recommend that you rename and save the EBCDIC version of the file for easy reference to its contents.

You can use the following methods to complete the conversion:

1. Enter iconv -f IBM1047 -t ISO8859-1.

   Note: For syntax and usage, see the USS help in man iconv.

2. Use FTP to transfer the file to a PC with conversion from EBCDIC to ASCII. Then, resend the file to the host as a binary format file.

   You may have other methods to convert files to ASCII. Use the best method for your environment.

Note: Files that are binary in nature, such as .zip files, are neither ASCII or EBCDIC. They are binary, and you transmit these files as binary.