Re: Reading Textfile coded in UTF-8

[Scott Klement <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jan,

Correct, the o_ccsid option specifies the CCSID of your program, NOT the 
file data.  So o_ccsid=0 means the program uses the job's CCSID, if the 
file is UTF-8, it will translate from UTF-8 to the job CCSID when 
reading.  Or translate the opposite direction when writing.

If you said o_ccsid=1208, then it thinks that your program's data 
(emphasize: your program) is in UTF-8.  If the file is also UTF-8, no 
translation would occur.  (So that is not what you want for this situation.)

-SK


On 10/14/2016 5:36 AM, Jan Grove Vejlstrup wrote:
> Ifigureed it out. I have to set the second parameter so "r,o_ccsid=0"
>
> Best regards
>
> Jan
> Am 14.10.2016 um 11:00 schrieb Jan Grove Vejlstrup:
> > Thank you Scott. The second parameter on fopen is "r,o_ccsid=1208".
> > Despite this I have to use iconv to convert from UTF-8 to EBCDIC.
> >
> > Best regards
> >
> > Jan
> >
> > Am 13.10.2016 um 09:57 schrieb Scott Klement:
> > > fopen()/fgets() work nicely with UTF-8.  You need to use the o_ccsid
> > > option on fopen().
> > >
> > > On 10/12/2016 3:27 AM, Jan Grove Vejlstrup wrote:
> > > > Hello
> > > >
> > > > Can I use fopen and fgets to read a textfile coded in UTF-8? Or have I
> > > > to use open and read and then convert from UTF-8 to EBCDIC and check
> > > > for
> > > > CR and/or LF myself?
> > > >
> > > > Best regards
> > > >
> > > > Jan