gencase(8)

NAME

       gencase  -  compile  case mapping properties from the Unicode Character
       Database

SYNOPSIS

       gencase [ -h, -?, --help ] [ -v, --verbose ] [ -u, --unicode version  ]
       [ -c, --copyright ] [ -s, --sourcedir source ] [ -d, --destdir destina-
       tion ] [ -i, --icudatadir path ] [ suffix ]

DESCRIPTION

       gencase reads some of the Unicode Character Database files and compiles
       their  information information into a binary form.  The resulting file,
       ucase.icu, can then be read directly by ICU, or used by pkgdata(8)  for
       incorporation into a larger archive or library.

       The files read by gencase are described in the FILES section. If suffix
       is passed on the command line, the names of these files  will  actually
       be  changed to include a dash followed by suffix in their basename. For
       example, the file UnicodeData.txt would be looked for  under  the  name
       UnicodeData-suffix.txt.

OPTIONS

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

       -v, --verbose
              Display extra informative messages during execution.

       -u, --unicode version
              Specify  which version of Unicode the Unicode Character Database
              refers to.  Defaults to 3.0.0.

       -c, --copyright
              Include a copyright notice into the binary data.

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

       -d, --destdir destination
              Set  the destination directory to destination.  The default des-
              tination directory is  specified  by  the  environment  variable
              ICU_DATA.

       -i, --icudatadir path
              Set  the  directory  for  loading  ICU  data files to path.  The
              default ICU data directory is specified by the environment vari-
              able ICU_DATA.

ENVIRONMENT

       ICU_DATA  Specifies  the  directory  containing  ICU  data. Defaults to
                 /usr/lib/icu/3.2/.  Some tools in ICU depend on the  presence
                 of the trailing slash. It is thus important to make sure that
                 it is present if ICU_DATA is set.

FILES

       The following files are read by gencase  and  are  looked  for  in  the
       source directory.

       UnicodeData.txt     The  main  file  in the Unicode Character Database.
                           Contains character  properties,  combining  classes
                           information, decompositions, names, etc....

       PropList.txt        Listing of auxiliary binary character properties.

       DerivedCoreProperties.txt
                           Derived  binary  properties,  generated  by Unicode
                           from other files.

       SpecialCasing.txt   List of properties required for full case  mapping.

       CaseFolding.txt     Mapping from characters to their case-folded forms.
                           (Note: this file is  derived  from  UnicodeData.txt
                           and SpecialCasing.txt when generated by the Unicode
                           Consortium.)

VERSION

       3.2

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2004 IBM, Inc. and others.

SEE ALSO

       pkgdata(8)

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