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diff --git a/upstream/archlinux/man8/iconvconfig.8 b/upstream/archlinux/man8/iconvconfig.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..51c785c3 --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/archlinux/man8/iconvconfig.8 @@ -0,0 +1,92 @@ +.\" Copyright (C) 2014 Marko Myllynen <myllynen@redhat.com> +.\" +.\" SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later +.\" +.TH iconvconfig 8 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.06" +.SH NAME +iconvconfig \- create iconv module configuration cache +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B iconvconfig +.RI [ options ] +.RI [ directory ]... +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +.BR iconv (3) +function internally uses +.I gconv +modules to convert to and from a character set. +A configuration file is used to determine the needed modules +for a conversion. +Loading and parsing such a configuration file would slow down +programs that use +.BR iconv (3), +so a caching mechanism is employed. +.P +The +.B iconvconfig +program reads iconv module configuration files and writes +a fast-loading gconv module configuration cache file. +.P +In addition to the system provided gconv modules, the user can specify +custom gconv module directories with the environment variable +.BR GCONV_PATH . +However, iconv module configuration caching is used only when +the environment variable +.B GCONV_PATH +is not set. +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +.B "\-\-nostdlib" +Do not search the system default gconv directory, +only the directories provided on the command line. +.TP +.BI \-\-output= outputfile +.TQ +.BI \-o\~ outputfile +Use +.I outputfile +for output instead of the system default cache location. +.TP +.BI \-\-prefix= pathname +Set the prefix to be prepended to the system pathnames. +See FILES, below. +By default, the prefix is empty. +Setting the prefix to +.IR foo , +the gconv module configuration would be read from +.I foo/usr/lib/gconv/gconv\-modules +and the cache would be written to +.IR foo/usr/lib/gconv/gconv\-modules.cache . +.TP +.B \-\-help +.TQ +.B \-? +Print a usage summary and exit. +.TP +.B \-\-usage +Print a short usage summary and exit. +.TP +.B \-\-version +.TQ +.B \-V +Print the version number, license, and disclaimer of warranty for +.BR iconv . +.SH EXIT STATUS +Zero on success, nonzero on errors. +.SH FILES +.TP +.I /usr/lib/gconv +Usual default gconv module path. +.TP +.I /usr/lib/gconv/gconv\-modules +Usual system default gconv module configuration file. +.TP +.I /usr/lib/gconv/gconv\-modules.cache +Usual system gconv module configuration cache. +.P +Depending on the architecture, +the above files may instead be located at directories with the path prefix +.IR /usr/lib64 . +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR iconv (1), +.BR iconv (3) |