NIPING LOG File in IFS with CCSID(500) not readable in Windows Explorer

[Former Member]

Hi together,

if we made logfiles with NIPING logfiles or saprouter logfiles, this logfiles will be created in IFS with CCSID(500).

How can I read this files with Windows Explorer?

Because all CCSID(500) files looks like jam, when we open that files.

best regards,

Carsten Schulz

[christian_bartels]

Hi Carsten,

do you use a binary share when accessing the file from a Window PC, or did you configure text conversion? In the System i Navigator, you open the Propertis of the share in question and check the "Text Conversion" tab. If you enable text conversion, you can also limit that to certain file extensions. Make sure the log files that you are viewing use one of the extensions that is specified here, or that you have specified * for the extensions to convert.

If that does not help, there may be a mismatch between the CCSID tagging on the file and the contents in the file. This will be shown if you look at the file through WRKLNK option 5 (DSPF).

Kind regards,

Christian Bartels.