The text processing mode does not change the number representation format between the host and client. When you choose text as the processing mode, the NFS converts characters between ASCII format and EBCDIC format, and processes end-of-line terminators, but no other translation of user data occurs.

When you select binary as the processing mode, NFS stores your data unchanged. Therefore, regardless of the processing mode you choose, you cannot change numbers from one client workstation’s format to another client workstation’s format.