freebsd man page for mkesdb

MKESDB(1)						    BSD General Commands Manual 						 MKESDB(1)

NAME
     mkesdb -- generates conversion catalog for iconv(3)

SYNOPSIS
     mkesdb [-md] -o outfile infile

DESCRIPTION
     The mkesdb utility generates 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>.

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