setccsid - Set CCSID attribute for file

setccsid [-R [-H | -L | -P]] [-h] ccsid file ...

Description

The setccsid utility sets the CCSID attribute for the specified files to the specified ccsid. The data contained in file is not changed.

Options

-H

If the -R option is specified, symbolic links on the command line are followed. Symbolic links encountered in the tree traversal are not followed.

-L

If the -R option is specified, both symbolic links on the command line and symbolic links encountered in the tree traversal are followed.

-P

If the -R option is specified, no symbolic links are followed.

-R

If file designates a directory, setccsid sets the CCSID of each file in the entire subtree connected at that point.

-h

Set the CCSID of a symbolic link instead of the file pointed to by the symbolic link.

Operands

The ccsid is an integer number identifying the coded character set id. Each file is a pathname of a file to set the CCSID.

Related information

• attr - Get or set attributes for files
• chmod - Change file modes
• chown - Change file ownership
• iconv - Convert characters from one CCSID to another CCSID
• touch - Change file access and modification times

Examples

1. Set the CCSID of the files "file1" and "file2" to 819:

   setccsid 819 file1 file2