.th EBCDIC V 5/31/77 .sh NAME ebcdic \*- file format .sh DESCRIPTION The ebcdic format is a convenient representation for files consisting of card images in an arbitrary code. Files created by the .it send\^\c (I) command, to be entered into rje .it xmit* queues, are in this format. So are files of punch output from HASP. .s3 An ebcdic file is a simple concatenation of card records. A card record consists of a single control byte followed by a variable number of data bytes. The control byte specifies the number (which must lie in the range 0-80) of data bytes that follow. The data bytes are 8-bit codes that constitute the card image. If there are fewer than 80 data bytes, it is understood that the remainder of the card image consists of trailing blanks. .sh "SEE ALSO" send(I), hasp(VIII)