Advantages of a locale compatible with the MVS code page
Running the shell and utilities in a locale whose code page matches
the code page you are using in MVS™ (which
may not be compatible with code page IBM-1047 with respect to the
EBCDIC variant characters) has several advantages:
- Converting data from a given country or region's native code page to IBM-1047 is no longer required. This may enhance interoperability with other non-z/OS UNIX components of MVS.
- Remapping your keyboard is unnecessary.