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alias

alias(4)							   File Formats 							  alias(4)

NAME

       alias - alias table file of encoding names

SYNOPSIS

       /usr/lib/iconv/alias

DESCRIPTION

       This file contains the alias table of encoding names for iconv_open(3C).

       The format of the alias table is as follows:

	 "%s %s
", <variant encoding name>, <canonical encoding name>

       The string specified for the variant encoding name is case-insensitive. A line beginning with '#' is treated as a comment.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Evolving			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       iconv(3C), iconv_close(3C), iconv_open(3C), attributes(5)

SunOS 5.11							    2 Oct 2001								  alias(4)

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