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MAKECONV(1)                 ICU 76.0.1 Manual                MAKECONV(1)

NAME         top

       makeconv - compile a converter table

SYNOPSIS         top

       makeconv [ -h, -?, --help ] [ -c, --copyright ] [ -v, --verbose ]
       [ -d, --destdir destination ] convertertable ...

DESCRIPTION         top

       makeconv converts the ICU converter table convertertable into a
       binary file. The binary file has the same base name as
       convertertable but has a .cnv extension (instead of the typical
       .ucm extension of the convertertable file).  This binary file can
       then be read directly by ICU, or used by pkgdata(1) for
       incorporation into a larger archive or library.

       The convertertable must be in the ICU ucm (Unicode Codepage
       Mapping) format in order to be understood by makeconv.  The ICU
       ucm format is similar to the IBM NLTC upmap/tpmap/rpmap files.
       Comments in the convertertable are handled as follows. If a
       comment (starting with a `#' sign) that is after some text does
       contain the fallback indicator `|' then only the text starting
       with the `#' sign, and ending before the `|' sign, is ignored.
       Otherwise, or if the comment is the first thing on the line, the
       comment runs up to the end of the line. This special handling of
       comments is to accommodate the practice of putting fallback
       information in comments in the strict IBM NLTC ucmap format.

       Note that new converters will be automatically found by ICU after
       their installation in ICU's data directory. They do not need to
       be listed in the convrtrs.txt(5) converters aliases file in order
       to be available to applications using ICU.  They do need to be
       listed there if one wants to give them aliases, or tags, though.

OPTIONS         top

       -h, -?, --help
              Print help about usage and exit.

       -c, --copyright
              Include a copyright notice in the binary data.

       -v, --verbose
              Display extra informative messages during execution.

       -d, --destdir destination
              Set the destination directory to destination.  The default
              destination directory is specified by the environment
              variable ICU_DATA.

CAVEATS         top

       If an existing converter table is changed and recompiled using
       makeconv, the resulting binary file must be packaged in the same
       way that it was packaged initially. For example, if converters
       were grouped together in an archive or a library with pkgdata(1),
       then the archive or library must be rebuilt with the new binary
       file.  A standalone binary converter file will not take
       precedence over a packaged one.

ENVIRONMENT         top

       ICU_DATA
              Specifies the directory containing ICU data. Defaults to
              ${prefix}/share/icu/76.0.1/.  Some tools in ICU depend on
              the presence of the trailing slash. It is thus important
              to make sure that it is present if ICU_DATA is set.

VERSION         top

       76.0.1

COPYRIGHT         top

       Copyright (C) 2000 IBM, Inc. and others.

SEE ALSO         top

       convrtrs.txt(5)
       pkgdata(1)

COLOPHON         top

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ICU MANPAGE                   16 April 2002                  MAKECONV(1)