Character substitution (SBSUB and SBSUBCHAR)

This setting is only applicable when you select "Use the following iconv encoded character sets:".

Character substitution allows you to specify the action taken for data bytes that cannot be translated. If non-translatable data bytes are encountered, you can choose to fail the data transfer or have the data replaced with a space. A space specifies x'40' when the target code set is an EBCDIC code set and x'20' if the target code set is an ASCII code set.

Character substitution is valid only for single byte data transfers.

To specify a substitution character other then a space, use the FTP SITE and LOCSITE subcommands for the SBSUBCHAR keyword.