Data format/encoding of Transport files?

Hello everyone,
When an export is done, two files are generated - an Rxxxx and Kxxxx file.
The K file contains transport information (I can see it with a utf-8 text editor) and the R file the contents of the transport. However, I cannot determine what encoding is used - looks like some type of binary file.
DOES ANYONE KNOW WHAT KIND OF ENCODING AND HOW I CAN CONVERT THIS TO A NON-BINARY FORMAT?
I've tried the SAR utility but this does not seem to work.
I have searched for this a bit but have come up empty.
Any help is appreciated.
Thanks, John

Hi John,
the format in which the data are stored in the data file is AFAIK a SAP own format. So, I don't think you will find any other tool which is able to read this file. But you don't need another tool, you have R3trans.
With the command
R3trans -l <data file> [-w <logfile>] [-v <verbose level>]
you can list the content of a data file. R3trans writes this content into the log file trans.log by default, but this can be changed with the -w option. And with the option -v you can increase the verbose level (just specify a number > 1) to let R3trans write more details into the log.
Just try it, perhaps it matches your needs...
Best regards,
Dirk

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