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/usr/bin/gencmn

International Components for Unicode library

From icu 79.1-r2 (os), captured 2026-11-10 by running gencmn --help (exit 1). permalink

usage: /usr/bin/gencmn [ -h, -?, --help ] [ -v, --verbose ] [ -c, --copyright ] [ -C, --comment comment ] [ -d, --destdir dir ] [ -n, --name filename ] [ -t, --type filetype ] [ -S, --source tocfile ] [ -e, --entrypoint name ] maxsize listfile

Read the list file (default: standard input) and create a common data
file from specified files. Omit any files larger than maxsize, if maxsize > 0.

Options:
	-h, -?, --help              this usage text
	-v, --verbose               verbose output
	-c, --copyright             include the ICU copyright notice
	-C, --comment comment       include a comment string
	-d, --destdir dir           destination directory
	-n, --name filename         output filename, without .type extension
	                            (default: icudt79l)
	-t, --type filetype         type of the destination file
	                            (default: " dat ")
	-S, --source tocfile        write a .c source file with the table of
	                            contents
	-e, --entrypoint name       override the c entrypoint name
	                            (default: "<name>_<type>")
Options (9)
OptionDescriptionSource
-h, -?, --helpPrint help about usage and exit.help + man
-v, --verboseDisplay extra informative messages during execution.help + man
-c, --copyrightInclude the ICU copyright notice in the resulting data.help + man
-C, --comment commentInclude the specified comment in the resulting data instead of the ICU copyright notice.help + man
-d, --destdir dirSet the destination directory to destination.help + man
-n, --name filenameoutput filename, without .type extension (default: icudt79l)help + man
-t, --type filetypetype of the destination file (default: " dat ")help + man
-S, --source tocfileWrite a C source file with the table of contents of the data.help + man
-e, --entrypoint nameSet the data entry point (used for linking against the data in a shared library form) to name.help + man

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