ASCII-EBCDIC conversion

This implicit file tagging is useful if you are running programs that need to convert ASCII or EBCDIC files. Do you want the system to provide a tag for ASCII-EBCDIC conversion for all files in this file system that are not individually tagged? If you do, check the box.

You would want to use TAG support if you have file systems that do not support storing file tags, such as an NFS remote file system. It is also useful for any file systems that don't have tags, for other reasons; for example, an HFS of old ASCII files that pre-date ASCII tagging support. It also could be used by a process that doesn't tag new files, one that may be storing ASCII files in your HFSes but isn't setting their tags.

The default is to have the box unchecked, meaning that the system does not provide a tag for ASCII-EBCDIC data conversion. Only those files that are individually tagged will be converted.

If you check the box indicating that you want the system to provide a tag for ASCII-EBCDIC data conversion, you have two additional questions to answer:

The z/OS UNIX Planning guide contains information about ASCII-EBCDIC conversion.