SACHARSET Environment Variable

SACHARSET sets the default character set.

Charset is a character set name. For example, setting SACHARSET=cp1252 sets the default character set to cp1252.

The first of the following values set determines the default character set.

  • SACHARSET environment variable

  • Query the operating system

If no character set information is specified, use iso_1 for UNIX, or cp850 otherwise.

Setting

SACHARSET=charset