POSIX files

POSIX files also record no information about the associated character set.

In compatibility mode, it is possible in the @XOPEN, @XCOPY and @XWRITE statements, to use the CODE operand to specify whether the file is an EBCDIC (CODE=EBCDIC) or ASCII (CODE=ISO) file.

In the latter case, when it is read, the text is converted using a fixed table ISO88591 -> EDF041, and when written it is converted using a fixed table EDF041-> ISO88591. The @PAR CODE=EBCDIC/ISO statement can be used to define a default setting.