file size estimation

[Zhao Peng]

Hi,

Suppose a EBCDIC file on a tape from IBM mainframe is read onto a Linux 
server, and this EBCDIC file on the tape has 100 records with a length 
of 13054, is it correct to estimate the size of the file on Linux server 
would be 1,305,400 bytes? Is block size information also needed to 
calculate the size?

Please correct me if these terms are used incorrectly, also hopefully 
this question is not too OT.

Thanks,
Zhao