NAME

       icupkg - extract or modify an ICU .dat archive

SYNOPSIS

       icupkg  [  -h,  -?,  --help  ]  [ -tl, --type l | -tb, --type b | -te, --type e ] [ -c, --copyright | -C,
       --comment comment ] [ -a, --add list ] [ -r, --remove list ] [ -x, --extract list ] [ -l, --list ] [  -s,
       --sourcedir source ] [ -d, --destdir destination ] [ -w, --writepkg ] [ -m, --matchmode mode ] infilename
       [ outfilename ]

DESCRIPTION

       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.

OPTIONS

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

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

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

       -te, --type e
              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, --comment comment
              Include the specified comment in the resulting data instead of the ICU copyright notice.

       -a, --add list
              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, --remove list
              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, --extract list
              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, --matchmode mode
              Set the matching mode for item names with wildcards.

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

       -d, --destdir destination
              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).

LIST FILE SYNTAX

       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, --matchmode noslash 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.

AUTHORS

       Markus Scherer
       George Rhoten

VERSION

       1.0

COPYRIGHT

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

SEE ALSO

       pkgdata(1) genrb(1)