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NAME

       icupkg - extract or modify an ICU .dat archive

SYNOPSIS

       icupkg  [ -h, -?, --help ] [ -tl, --type l | -tb, --type b | -te, --type e ] [ -c, --copyright | -C, --comment comment ] [ -a, --add list ]
       [ -r, --remove list ] [ -x, --extract list ] [ -l, --list ] [ -s, --sourcedir source ] [ -d, --destdir destination ] [ -w, --writepkg  ]  [
       -m, --matchmode mode ] infilename [ outfilename ]

DESCRIPTION

       icupkg  reads  the  input  ICU .dat package file, modify it according to the options, swap it to the desired platform properties (charset &
       endianness), and optionally write the resulting ICU .dat package to the output file.  Items are removed, then  added,  then  extracted  and
       listed.	 An  ICU  .dat	package  is  written  if  items  are  removed or added, or if the input and output filenames differ, or if the -w,
       --writepkg option is set.

       If the input filename is "new" then an empty package is created.  If the output filename is missing, then  it  is  automatically  generated
       from the input filename. If the input filename ends with an l, b, or e matching its platform properties, then the output filename will con-
       tain the letter from the -t, --type option.

       This tool can also be used to just swap a single ICU data file, replacing the former icuswap tool. For this mode,  provide  the	infilename
       (and  optional  outfilename)  for a non-package ICU data file.  Allowed options include -t, -w, -s and -d The filenames can be absolute, or
       relative to the source/dest dir paths.  Other options are not allowed in this mode.

OPTIONS

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

       -tl, --type l
	      Output for little-endian/ASCII charset family.  The output type defaults to the input type.

       -tb, --type b
	      Output for big-endian/ASCII charset family.  The output type defaults to the input type.

       -te, --type e
	      Output for big-endian/EBCDIC charset family.  The output type defaults to the input type.

       -c,--copyright
	      Include the ICU copyright notice in the resulting data.

       -C, --comment comment
	      Include the specified comment in the resulting data instead of the ICU copyright notice.

       -a, --add list
	      Add items from the list to the package. The list can be a single filename with a .txt file extension containing a list of item file-
	      names, or an ICU .dat package filename.

       -r, --remove list
	      Remove  items from the list from the package. The list can be a single filename with a .txt file extension containing a list of item
	      filenames, or an ICU .dat package filename.

       -x, --extract list
	      Extract items from the list from the package. The list can be a single filename with a .txt file extension containing a list of item
	      filenames, or an ICU .dat package filename.

       -m, --matchmode mode
	      Set the matching mode for item names with wildcards.

       -s, --sourcedir source
	      Set the source directory to source.  The default source directory is the current directory.

       -d, --destdir destination
	      Set the destination directory to destination.  The default destination directory is the current directory.

       -l, --list
	      List the package items to stdout (after modifying the package).

LIST FILE SYNTAX

       Items  are  listed  on  one  or more lines and separated by whitespace (space+tab).  Comments begin with # and are ignored. Empty lines are
       ignored. Lines where the first non-whitespace character is one of "%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?_ are also ignored to reserve for future syntax.

       Items for removal or extraction may contain a single * wildcard character. The * matches  zero  or  more  characters.  If  -m,  --matchmode
       noslash is set, then the * character does not match the / character.

       Items  must be listed relative to the package, and the --sourcedir or the --destdir path will be prepended. The paths are only prepended to
       item filenames while adding or extracting items, not to ICU .dat package or list filenames.

       Paths may contain / instead of the platform's file separator character and are converted as appropriate.

AUTHORS

       Markus Scherer
       George Rhoten

VERSION

       1.0

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2006 IBM, Inc. and others.

SEE ALSO

       pkgdata(1) genrb(1)

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							  18 August 2006							 ICUPKG(8)