An OECD data tape

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From: Bert Holland
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 1992 19:07

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A user has received a tape with a file of "Flows and Stocks of Fixed
Capital - June 1991" from OECD in Paris. The file format is described
as Blksize 2500, Record size 250, Label PUFLOW91, Code EBCDIC.

Working on MVS on an IBM mainframe, a tapemap program reports:
Recfm=F06, Lrecl=250, Blksize=4500.

The tape was copied to a second tape, using IEBGENER, and subsequently
the second tape was copied to disk. In both cases default DCB parameters
were used.   The MVS format is now reported as U/0/32---.

Can some kind soul tell us what RECFM=F06 means, why the format seems
to change, and (most important) how to read this tape? We would
appreciate any suggestions.

Bert Holland                       Bitnet: usbnh@nyuccvm
Academic Computing Facility      Internet: usbnh@uccvm.nyu.edu
New York University

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