A CCSID is assigned to each locale when it is created on the system. Unlike a file, you have to specify a CCSID when you create the locale. You do this by specifying the CCSID parameter on the CRTLOCALE (Create Locale) command. For example, to create a locale with CCSID 273, type:
CRTLOCALE LOCALE('/qsys.lib/testlib.lib/en_us.locale') SRCFILE('/qsys.lib/qsyslocale.lib/qlocalesrc.file/en_us.mbr') CCSID(273)
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