File content encoding (GNAT Reference Manual)

### 12.12 File content encoding ¶

For text files it is possible to specify the encoding to use. This is controlled by the by the `GNAT_CCS_ENCODING` environment variable. And if not set `TEXT` is assumed.

The possible values are those supported on Windows:

‘TEXT’

  Translated text mode

‘WTEXT’

  Translated unicode encoding

‘U16TEXT’

  Unicode 16-bit encoding

‘U8TEXT’

  Unicode 8-bit encoding

This encoding is only supported on the Windows platform.