redhat man page for perlio::encoding

PerlIO::encoding(3pm)					 Perl Programmers Reference Guide				     PerlIO::encoding(3pm)

NAME
       PerlIO::encoding - encoding layer

SYNOPSIS
	 open($f, "<:encoding(foo)", "infoo");
	 open($f, ">:encoding(bar)", "outbar");

	 use Encode qw(:fallbacks);
	 $PerlIO::encoding::check = FB_PERLQQ;

DESCRIPTION
       Open a filehandle with a transparent encoding filter.

       On input, convert the bytes expected to be in the specified character set and encoding to Perl string data (Unicode and Perl's internal
       Unicode encoding, UTF-8).  On output, convert Perl string data into the specified character set and encoding.

       When the layer is pushed the current value of $PerlIO::encoding::check is saved and used as the check argument when calling the Encodings
       encode and decode.

SEE ALSO
       open, Encode, "binmode" in perlfunc, perluniintro

perl v5.8.0							    2002-06-01						     PerlIO::encoding(3pm)