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1.\" Hey, Emacs! This is -*-nroff-*- you know...
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3.\" gencnval.1: manual page for the gencnval utility
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5.\" Copyright (C) 2016 and later: Unicode, Inc. and others.
6.\" License & terms of use: http://www.unicode.org/copyright.html
374ca955 7.\" Copyright (C) 2000-2004 IBM, Inc. and others.
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9.\" Manual page by Yves Arrouye <yves@realnames.com>.
374ca955 10.\" Manual page by George Rhoten
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374ca955 12.TH GENCNVAL 1 "11 March 2004" "ICU MANPAGE" "ICU @VERSION@ Manual"
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13.SH NAME
14.B gencnval
15\- compile the converters aliases file
16.SH SYNOPSIS
17.B gencnval
18[
19.BR "\-h\fP, \fB\-?\fP, \fB\-\-help"
20]
21[
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22.BR "\-v\fP, \fB\-\-verbose"
23]
24[
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25.BR "\-c\fP, \fB\-\-copyright"
26]
27[
28.BI "\-s\fP, \fB\-\-sourcedir" " source"
29]
30[
31.BI "\-d\fP, \fB\-\-destdir" " destination"
32]
33[
34.I converterfile
35]
36.SH DESCRIPTION
37.B gencnval
38converts the ICU aliases file
39.I converterfile
40into the binary file
374ca955 41.BR cnvalias.icu .
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42This binary file can then be read directly by ICU, or used by
43.BR pkgdata (1)
44for incorporation into a larger archive or library.
45.PP
46If
47.I converterfile
48is not provided, the default ICU
49.B convrtrs.txt
50file is used.
51.SH OPTIONS
52.TP
53.BR "\-h\fP, \fB\-?\fP, \fB\-\-help"
54Print help about usage and exit.
55.TP
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56.BR "\-v\fP, \fB\-\-verbose"
57Display verbose output. This information can include information about
58conflicting aliases and the converters the aliases resolve to.
59.TP
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60.BR "\-c\fP, \fB\-\-copyright"
61Include a copyright notice in the binary data.
62.TP
63.BI "\-s\fP, \fB\-\-sourcedir" " source"
64Set the source directory to
65.IR source .
66The default source directory is specified by the environment variable
67.BR ICU_DATA .
68.TP
69.BI "\-d\fP, \fB\-\-destdir" " destination"
70Set the destination directory to
71.IR destination .
72The default destination directory is specified by the environment variable
73.BR ICU_DATA .
74.SH ENVIRONMENT
75.TP 10
76.B ICU_DATA
77Specifies the directory containing ICU data. Defaults to
78.BR @thepkgicudatadir@/@PACKAGE@/@VERSION@/ .
79Some tools in ICU depend on the presence of the trailing slash. It is thus
80important to make sure that it is present if
81.B ICU_DATA
82is set.
83.SH FILES
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84.TP \w'\fB@PACKAGE@/source/data/mappings/convrtrs.txt'u+3n
85.B @PACKAGE@/source/data/mappings/convrtrs.txt
86Description of ICU's converters and their aliases. This data file is not
87normally installed, and it is available as a part of ICU source code.
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88.SH VERSION
89@VERSION@
90.SH COPYRIGHT
374ca955 91Copyright (C) 2000-2004 IBM, Inc. and others.
b75a7d8f 92.SH SEE ALSO
b75a7d8f 93.BR pkgdata (1)