genprops(8)

NAME

       genprops - compile properties from the Unicode Character Database

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

       genprops  reads  some  of the Unicode Character Database files and com-
       piles their information information into a binary form.  The  resulting
       file,  icudata.dat,  can  then be read directly by ICU, or used by pkg-
       data(8) for incorporation into a larger archive or library.

       The files read by genprops are described in the FILES section. If  suf-
       fix  is passed on the command line, the names of these files will actu-
       ally 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 specified by the environment variable ICU_DATA.

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

       BidiMirroring.txt   Properties for substituting characters in an imple-
                           mentation of bidirectional mirroring.

       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) 2000-2002 IBM, Inc. and others.

SEE ALSO

       pkgdata(8)

ICU MANPAGE                     16 January 2001                    GENPROPS(8)