POSIX files

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

In the statements used to read or write POSIX files, the operand CODE=name can be used to specify the character set in which the file's data is present or the character set to be used when writing the file. name may be any supported character set.

The specifications CODE=ISO - corresponding to CODE=ISO88591 - and CODE=EBCDIC - corresponding to CODE=EDF041 - are still possible for reasons of compatibility.