NAME

mkesdb — generate a conversion catalog for iconv(3)

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

The mkesdb utility generates a conversion catalog for the iconv(3) library. The generated data includes a list of supported encodings and their most important characteristics, like the pluggable module to use

The following options are available:

-d

Turns on debug mode.

-m

Process directory catalog or alias file. If not specified, the input file is treated as an encoding description.

-o outfile

Put generated binary data to outfile.

EXIT STATUS

The mkesdb utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.

SEE ALSO

iconv(1), mkcsmapper(1), iconv(3)

HISTORY

mkesdb first appeared in NetBSD 2.0, and made its appearance in FreeBSD 9.0.

AUTHORS

This manual page was written by Gabor Kovesdan <gabor@FreeBSD.org>.