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35.\" $FreeBSD$
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37.Dd November 1, 2009
38.Dt MKESDB 1
39.Os
40.Sh NAME
41.Nm mkesdb
42.Nd generates conversion catalog for
43.Xr iconv 3
44.Sh SYNOPSIS
45.Nm
46.Op Fl md
47.Fl o
48.Ar outfile
49.Ar infile
50.Sh DESCRIPTION
51The
52.Nm
53utility generates conversion catalog for the
54.Xr iconv 3
55library.
56The generated data includes a list of supported encodings
57and their most important characteristics, like the pluggable
58module to use
59.Pp
60The following options are available:
61.Bl -tag -width 0123
62.It Fl d
63Turns on debug mode.
64.It Fl m
65Process directory catalog or alias file.
66If not specified, the input file is treated as an encoding description.
67.It Fl o Ar outfile
68Put generated binary data to
69.Ar outfile .
70.El
71.Sh EXIT STATUS
72.Ex -std mkesdb
73.Sh SEE ALSO
74.Xr iconv 1 ,
75.Xr mkcsmapper 1 ,
76.Xr iconv 3
77.Sh HISTORY
78.Nm
79first appeared in
80.Nx 2.0 , and made its appearance in
81.Fx 9.0 .
82.Sh AUTHORS
83This manual page was written by
84.An Gabor Kovesdan Aq Mt gabor@FreeBSD.org .
85