NAME

       dictunformat - create a raw database file from a .dict and .index file

SYNOPSIS

       dictunformat [OPTIONS] index_filename

DESCRIPTION

       dictunformat  takes  a dictionary index file as a parameter and a dictionary database file
       on stdin and outputs a raw database that may be used to create a DICT database by  dictfmt
       -t.   This  may  be useful if it is desired to create a dictionary for a locale other than
       that for which the original was created, or if it is desired to correct  or  supplement  a
       pre-existing dictionary.

OPTIONS

       --help displays a usage message and exits.

       --headword-separator sep
              sep  is  the  headword  separator used when creating the origianl dictionary.  (See
              --headword-separator in dictfmt (1)).

       index_filename
              is the .index file of the original dictionary.

AUTHOR

       dictunformat was written by Aleksey Cheusov <vle@gmx.net>.
       This manual page was written by Robert D. Hilliard <hilliard@debian.org>.

SEE ALSO

       dictd(8), dictfmt(1)