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iconvconfig

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
EXIT STATUS
FILES
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NAME

iconvconfig - create iconv module configuration cache

SYNOPSIS

iconvconfig [ options ] [ directory ]...

DESCRIPTION

The iconv (3) function internally uses gconv modules to convert to and from a character set. A configuration file is used to determine the needed modules for a conversion. Loading and parsing such a configuration file would slow down programs that use iconv (3), so a caching mechanism is employed.

The iconvconfig program reads iconv module configuration files and writes a fast-loading gconv module configuration cache file.

In addition to the system provided gconv modules, the user can specify custom gconv module directories with the environment variable GCONV_PATH . However, iconv module configuration caching is used only when the environment variable GCONV_PATH is not set.

OPTIONS

--nostdlib

Do not search the system default gconv directory, only the directories provided on the command line.

--output= outputfile
-o outputfile

Use outputfile for output instead of the system default cache location.

--prefix= pathname

Set the prefix to be prepended to the system pathnames. See FILES, below. By default, the prefix is empty. Setting the prefix to foo , the gconv module configuration would be read from foo/usr/lib/gconv/gconv-modules and the cache would be written to foo/usr/lib/gconv/gconv-modules.cache .

	--help
	-?		Print a usage summary and exit.

--usage

Print a short usage summary and exit.

--version

-V

Print the version number, license, and disclaimer of warranty for iconv .

EXIT STATUS

Zero on success, nonzero on errors.

FILES

/usr/lib/gconv

Usual default gconv module path.

/usr/lib/gconv/gconv-modules

Usual system default gconv module configuration file.

/usr/lib/gconv/gconv-modules.cache

Usual system gconv module configuration cache.

Depending on the architecture, the above files may instead be located at directories with the path prefix /usr/lib64 .