Code set conversion utilities

This topic describes the code set conversion utilities supported by the z/OS® XL C/C++ compiler. These utilities are as follows:

genxlt utility: Generates a translation table for use by the iconv utility and iconv() functions.
iconv utility: Converts a file from one code set encoding to another.
iconv() functions: Perform code set translation. These functions are iconv_open(), iconv(), and iconv_close(). They are used by the iconv utility and may be called from any z/OS XL C/C++ program requiring code set translation.
uconvdef utility: Handles Universal-coded character sets. Creates binary conversion tables that define mapping between UCS-2 and multibyte code sets.

See z/OS XL C/C++ User's Guide for descriptions of the genxlt and iconv utilities, z/OS XL C/C++ Runtime Library Reference for descriptions of the iconv() functions, and z/OS MVS Program Management: User's Guide and Reference for descriptions of the uconvdef utility.