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From: Peter Lacey on 8 Aug 2005 15:34
Richard wrote:
>
> > *.id and *.x file formats?
>
> Did you mistype *.idx ?
>
> > Is it possible that it is Cobol data?
>
> It is always possible, and is more probable if they are actually *.dat
> and *.idx.
>
> > Any tool which could convert it to ASCII files?
>
> You need to know the meaning, positions and formats of the data fields.
> If you don't have a formal layout specification for the records, as you
> would have if the source code was available, then you probably can't do
> much.

If you edit a *.dat file with a TEXT editor that doesn't insist on
executing the characters it encounters and doesn't wrap lines longer
than 80 characters, you might be able to work out what the fields are.

PL
From: Richard on 8 Aug 2005 16:56
> you might be able to work out what the fields are.

That may also depend on several other factors, for example the brand
and version of the cobol system, whether compressions has been used,
whether the record contains COMP-x fields, whether the records are
fixed or variable.

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