icupkg - extract or modify an ICU .dat archive

       Markus Scherer
       George Rhoten

       Copyright (C) 2006 IBM, Inc. and others.

icupkg  reads the input ICU .dat package file, modify it according to the options, swap it to the desired
       platform properties (charset & endianness), and optionally write the resulting ICU .dat  package  to  the
       output  file.   Items are removed, then added, then extracted and listed.  An ICU .dat package is written
       if items are removed or added, or if the input and output filenames differ,  or  if  the  -w,  --writepkg
       option is set.

       If the input filename is "new" then an empty package is created.  If the output filename is missing, then
       it  is  automatically  generated  from  the input filename. If the input filename ends with an l, b, or e
       matching its platform properties, then the output filename will contain the letter from  the  -t,  --type
       option.

       This  tool  can  also be used to just swap a single ICU data file, replacing the former icuswap tool. For
       this mode, provide the infilename (and optional outfilename) for a non-package ICU  data  file.   Allowed
       options  include  -t,  -w,  -s  and  -d The filenames can be absolute, or relative to the source/dest dir
       paths.  Other options are not allowed in this mode.

       Items are listed on one or more lines and separated by whitespace (space+tab).  Comments begin with # and
       are ignored. Empty lines  are  ignored.  Lines  where  the  first  non-whitespace  character  is  one  of
       "%&'()*+,-./:;<=>?_ are also ignored to reserve for future syntax.

       Items  for  removal  or  extraction may contain a single * wildcard character. The * matches zero or more
       characters. If -m, --matchmodenoslash is set, then the * character does not match the / character.

       Items must be listed relative to the  package,  and  the  --sourcedir  or  the  --destdir  path  will  be
       prepended.  The  paths  are only prepended to item filenames while adding or extracting items, not to ICU
       .dat package or list filenames.

       Paths may contain / instead of the platform's file separator character and are converted as appropriate.

icupkg - extract or modify an ICU .dat archive

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

       -tl, --typel
              Output for little-endian/ASCII charset family.  The output type defaults to the input type.

       -tb, --typeb
              Output for big-endian/ASCII charset family.  The output type defaults to the input type.

       -te, --typee
              Output for big-endian/EBCDIC charset family.  The output type defaults to the input type.

       -c,--copyright
              Include the ICU copyright notice in the resulting data.

       -C, --commentcomment
              Include the specified comment in the resulting data instead of the ICU copyright notice.

       -a, --addlist
              Add items from the list to the package. The list can  be  a  single  filename  with  a  .txt  file
              extension containing a list of item filenames, or an ICU .dat package filename.

       -r, --removelist
              Remove  items  from  the list from the package. The list can be a single filename with a .txt file
              extension containing a list of item filenames, or an ICU .dat package filename.

       -x, --extractlist
              Extract items from the list from the package. The list can be a single filename with a  .txt  file
              extension containing a list of item filenames, or an ICU .dat package filename.

       -m, --matchmodemode
              Set the matching mode for item names with wildcards.

       -s, --sourcedirsource
              Set the source directory to source.  The default source directory is the current directory.

       -d, --destdirdestination
              Set  the  destination  directory to destination.  The default destination directory is the current
              directory.

       -l, --list
              List the package items to stdout (after modifying the package).

pkgdata(1) genrb(1)

ICU MANPAGE                                      18 August 2006                                        ICUPKG(8)

icupkg  [  -h,  -?,  --help  ]  [ -tl, --type l | -tb, --type b | -te, --type e ] [ -c, --copyright | -C,
       --commentcomment ] [ -a, --addlist ] [ -r, --removelist ] [ -x, --extractlist ] [ -l, --list ] [  -s,
       --sourcedirsource ] [ -d, --destdirdestination ] [ -w, --writepkg ] [ -m, --matchmodemode ] infilename
       [ outfilename ]

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