When transferring text files, you can specify a request-specific CCS for both the local system and the remote system which is used for reading or writing the local and/or remote file.
If the local or the remote file is a BS2000 file to which a CCS name has already been assigned via the catalog entry then you may not specify a CCS name that is different from this.
The remote CCS name is only supported for the openFT protocol and for partners as of V10.
If the local or remote CCS name is omitted then the default settings for the relevant system apply:
openFT operating parameters in a Unix system, Windows system or z/OS system,
in a BS2000 system, the CCS corresponding to the file's catalog entry (if present), otherwise the HOSTCODE system parameter.
In z/OS, a particular CCS can be assigned to files on the basis of a setting in the FT parameter library. For details, please refer to manual "openFT (z/OS) - Installation and Operation"
Caution!
If you save the file in a character set which is not a superset of the character set originally used for the file then information is lost! All characters that cannot be mapped to the newly assigned character set are represented by a replacement character. This type of conversion cannot be undone without data loss!