First, there are a variety of ways you can get the MVS file to your UNIX machine. You can download the VB file to a tape and use 'dd' on the UNIX machine to download the file. You can use SAS/CONNECT and PROC DOWNLOAD to move the file to UNIX. Or you can use 'ftp', reformat the file on MVS as RECFM=U, then BINARY transfer the file to UNIX. Once on the UNIX system, in SAS 6.09 and later, you can use the RECFM=S370VB option in an INFILE statement along with the LRECL setting, and SAS can process the file by reading the RDW and BDW information present in the file.

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