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3 .\" gencnval.1: manual page for the gencnval utility
4 .\"
5 .\" Copyright (C) 2000 IBM, Inc. and others.
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7 .\" Manual page by Yves Arrouye <yves@realnames.com>.
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9 .TH GENCNVAL 1 "16 April 2002" "ICU MANPAGE" "ICU @VERSION@ Manual"
10 .SH NAME
11 .B gencnval
12 \- compile the converters aliases file
13 .SH SYNOPSIS
14 .B gencnval
15 [
16 .BR "\-h\fP, \fB\-?\fP, \fB\-\-help"
17 ]
18 [
19 .BR "\-c\fP, \fB\-\-copyright"
20 ]
21 [
22 .BI "\-s\fP, \fB\-\-sourcedir" " source"
23 ]
24 [
25 .BI "\-d\fP, \fB\-\-destdir" " destination"
26 ]
27 [
28 .I converterfile
29 ]
30 .SH DESCRIPTION
31 .B gencnval
32 converts the ICU aliases file
33 .I converterfile
34 into the binary file
35 .BR cnvalias.dat .
36 This binary file can then be read directly by ICU, or used by
37 .BR pkgdata (1)
38 for incorporation into a larger archive or library.
39 .PP
40 If
41 .I converterfile
42 is not provided, the default ICU
43 .B convrtrs.txt
44 file is used.
45 .SH OPTIONS
46 .TP
47 .BR "\-h\fP, \fB\-?\fP, \fB\-\-help"
48 Print help about usage and exit.
49 .TP
50 .BR "\-c\fP, \fB\-\-copyright"
51 Include a copyright notice in the binary data.
52 .TP
53 .BI "\-s\fP, \fB\-\-sourcedir" " source"
54 Set the source directory to
55 .IR source .
56 The default source directory is specified by the environment variable
57 .BR ICU_DATA .
58 .TP
59 .BI "\-d\fP, \fB\-\-destdir" " destination"
60 Set the destination directory to
61 .IR destination .
62 The default destination directory is specified by the environment variable
63 .BR ICU_DATA .
64 .SH ENVIRONMENT
65 .TP 10
66 .B ICU_DATA
67 Specifies the directory containing ICU data. Defaults to
68 .BR @thepkgicudatadir@/@PACKAGE@/@VERSION@/ .
69 Some tools in ICU depend on the presence of the trailing slash. It is thus
70 important to make sure that it is present if
71 .B ICU_DATA
72 is set.
73 .SH FILES
74 .TP \w'\fB@thesysconfdir@/@PACKAGE@/convrtrs.txt'u+3n
75 .B @thesysconfdir@/@PACKAGE@/convrtrs.txt
76 Description of ICU's converters and their aliases.
77 .SH VERSION
78 @VERSION@
79 .SH COPYRIGHT
80 Copyright (C) 2000-2002 IBM, Inc. and others.
81 .SH SEE ALSO
82 .BR convrtrs.txt (5)
83 .br
84 .BR pkgdata (1)