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1.\" Hey, Emacs! This is -*-nroff-*- you know...
2.\"
3.\" gencnval.1: manual page for the gencnval utility
4.\"
5.\" Copyright (C) 2000-2004 IBM, Inc. and others.
6.\"
7.\" Manual page by Yves Arrouye <yves@realnames.com>.
8.\" Manual page by George Rhoten
9.\"
10.TH GENCNVAL 1 "11 March 2004" "ICU MANPAGE" "ICU @VERSION@ Manual"
11.SH NAME
12.B gencnval
13\- compile the converters aliases file
14.SH SYNOPSIS
15.B gencnval
16[
17.BR "\-h\fP, \fB\-?\fP, \fB\-\-help"
18]
19[
20.BR "\-v\fP, \fB\-\-verbose"
21]
22[
23.BR "\-c\fP, \fB\-\-copyright"
24]
25[
26.BI "\-s\fP, \fB\-\-sourcedir" " source"
27]
28[
29.BI "\-d\fP, \fB\-\-destdir" " destination"
30]
31[
32.I converterfile
33]
34.SH DESCRIPTION
35.B gencnval
36converts the ICU aliases file
37.I converterfile
38into the binary file
39.BR cnvalias.icu .
40This binary file can then be read directly by ICU, or used by
41.BR pkgdata (1)
42for incorporation into a larger archive or library.
43.PP
44If
45.I converterfile
46is not provided, the default ICU
47.B convrtrs.txt
48file is used.
49.SH OPTIONS
50.TP
51.BR "\-h\fP, \fB\-?\fP, \fB\-\-help"
52Print help about usage and exit.
53.TP
54.BR "\-v\fP, \fB\-\-verbose"
55Display verbose output. This information can include information about
56conflicting aliases and the converters the aliases resolve to.
57.TP
58.BR "\-c\fP, \fB\-\-copyright"
59Include a copyright notice in the binary data.
60.TP
61.BI "\-s\fP, \fB\-\-sourcedir" " source"
62Set the source directory to
63.IR source .
64The default source directory is specified by the environment variable
65.BR ICU_DATA .
66.TP
67.BI "\-d\fP, \fB\-\-destdir" " destination"
68Set the destination directory to
69.IR destination .
70The default destination directory is specified by the environment variable
71.BR ICU_DATA .
72.SH ENVIRONMENT
73.TP 10
74.B ICU_DATA
75Specifies the directory containing ICU data. Defaults to
76.BR @thepkgicudatadir@/@PACKAGE@/@VERSION@/ .
77Some tools in ICU depend on the presence of the trailing slash. It is thus
78important to make sure that it is present if
79.B ICU_DATA
80is set.
81.SH FILES
82.TP \w'\fB@PACKAGE@/source/data/mappings/convrtrs.txt'u+3n
83.B @PACKAGE@/source/data/mappings/convrtrs.txt
84Description of ICU's converters and their aliases. This data file is not
85normally installed, and it is available as a part of ICU source code.
86.SH VERSION
87@VERSION@
88.SH COPYRIGHT
89Copyright (C) 2000-2004 IBM, Inc. and others.
90.SH SEE ALSO
91.BR pkgdata (1)