Default encoding for I/O operations should be UTF-8

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ All notable changes to the Zowe Client Python SDK will be documented in this fil
 
 ## Recent Changes
 
+<<<<<<< HEAD
+- Bug: Default encoding for I/O operations should be UTF-8 
+- Feature: Added method to load profile properties from environment variables
+=======
 ### Bug Fixes
 
 - Fixed 'create_data_set' to accept "FBA", "FBM", "VBA", "VBM" as valid recfm [#240](https://github.com/zowe/zowe-client-python-sdk/issues/240)
@@ -32,3 +36,4 @@ All notable changes to the Zowe Client Python SDK will be documented in this fil
 - Fixed profile merge order to match Node.js SDK [#190](https://github.com/zowe/zowe-client-python-sdk/issues/190)
 - Fixed issue for datasets and jobs with special characters in URL [#211](https://github.com/zowe/zowe-client-python-sdk/issues/211)
 - Fixed exception handling in session.py [#213](https://github.com/zowe/zowe-client-python-sdk/issues/213)
+>>>>>>> 80c6a66785746ec730684d04aa70064b2da6e397

src/zos_files/zowe/zos_files_for_zowe_sdk/files.py

@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@
     def download_dsn(self, dataset_name, output_file):
         """Retrieve the contents of a dataset and saves it to a given file."""
         raw_response = self.get_dsn_content_streamed(dataset_name)
-        with open(output_file, "w") as f:
+        with open(output_file, 'w', encoding="utf-8") as f:
             shutil.copyfileobj(raw_response, f)
 
     def download_binary_dsn(self, dataset_name, output_file, with_prefixes=False):
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@
     def upload_file_to_uss(self, input_file, filepath_name, encoding=_ZOWE_FILES_DEFAULT_ENCODING):
         """Upload contents of a given file and uploads it to UNIX file"""
         if os.path.isfile(input_file):
-            in_file = open(input_file, "r")
+            in_file = open(input_file, 'r', encoding="utf-8")
             file_contents = in_file.read()
             response_json = self.write_to_uss(filepath_name, file_contents)
         else:

src/zos_jobs/zowe/zos_jobs_for_zowe_sdk/jobs.py

@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@
             A JSON containing the result of the request execution
         """
         if os.path.isfile(jcl_path):
-            jcl_file = open(jcl_path, "r")
+            jcl_file = open(jcl_path, "r", encoding="utf-8")
             file_content = jcl_file.read()
             jcl_file.close()
             return self.submit_plaintext(file_content)
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@
         _output_file = os.path.join(output_dir, _job_name, _job_id, "jcl.txt")
         _data_spool_file = self.get_jcl_text(_job_correlator)
         _dataset_content = _data_spool_file["response"]
-        _out_file = open(_output_file, "w")
+        _out_file = open(_output_file, "w", encoding="utf-8")
         _out_file.write(_dataset_content)
         _out_file.close()
 
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@
             _output_file = os.path.join(output_dir, _job_name, _job_id, _stepname, _ddname)
             _data_spool_file = self.get_spool_file_contents(_job_correlator, _spoolfile_id)
             _dataset_content = _data_spool_file["response"]
-            _out_file = open(_output_file, "w")
+            _out_file = open(_output_file, "w", encoding="utf-8")
             _out_file.write(_dataset_content)
             _out_file.close()