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From: jaltman@columbia.edu (Jeffrey Altman)
Subject: Re: translate produces rubbish
Date: 16 May 2000 12:44:08 GMT
Organization: Columbia University
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To: kermit.misc@columbia.edu
In article <1T8U4.104$kw4.3981@read2.inet.fi>,
ralf.strandell <ralf.strandell@silja.com> wrote:
:
: Hi,
:
: I'm using C-Kermit 7.0.196 for Unixware
: on an Unixware 7.0.1 server.
:
: I'm trying to convert files from ascii to cp850
: (from unix to dos) but when I give the command:
: "translate testfile1 ascii cp850 testfile2"
: then testfile2 contains nothing sane.
:
: Examples: let's convert from ascii to ascii (identical)
:
: file1 is:
:
: abc
: def
: 123
: ghi
:
: after "translate file1 ascii ascii file2" I get file2:
:
: b
: e
: 2
: h
:
: What happened with the rest of the characters?
:
: If I convert from ascii to cp850 ( or from ascii to latin1 )
: then all characters in the output file will be question marks.
:
: What's wrong?
:
: I need this conversion utility because not all data transfer applications
: know how to translate character sets. (kermit does, but some files must be
: moved to directories that are mounted over network and
: the mv command does not convert anything... )
This is a confirmed bug that occurs on all Little Endian based
architectures such as Intel X86 processors.
Jeffrey Altman * Sr.Software Designer * Kermit-95 for Win32 and OS/2
The Kermit Project * Columbia University
612 West 115th St #716 * New York, NY * 10025
http://www.kermit-project.org/k95.html * kermit-support@kermit-project.org