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.Dd November 1, 2009
.Dt MKESDB 1
.Os
.Sh NAME
.Nm mkesdb
.Nd generates conversion catalog for
.Xr iconv 3
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.Nm
.Op Fl md
.Fl o
.Ar outfile
.Ar infile
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
utility generates conversion catalog for the
.Xr iconv 3
library.
The generated data includes a list of supported encodings
and their most important characteristics, like the pluggable
module to use
.Pp
The following options are available:
.Bl -tag -width 0123
.It Fl d
Turns on debug mode.
.It Fl m
Process directory catalog or alias file.
If not specified, the input file is treated as an encoding description.
.It Fl o Ar outfile
Put generated binary data to
.Ar outfile .
.El
.Sh EXIT STATUS
.Ex -std mkesdb
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr iconv 1 ,
.Xr iconv 3 ,
.Xr mkcsmapper 1
.Sh HISTORY
.Nm
first appeared in
.Nx 2.0 , and made its appearance in
.Fx 9.0 .
.Sh AUTHORS
This manual page was written by
.An Gabor Kovesdan Aq gabor@FreeBSD.org .