GENBRK(1)			ICU 76.1 Manual			     GENBRK(1)

NAME
       genbrk - Compiles ICU break iteration rules source files into binary
       data files

SYNOPSIS
       genbrk [ -h, -?, --help ] [ -V, --version ] [ -c, --copyright ] [ -v,
       --verbose ] [ -d, --destdir destination ] [ -i, --icudatadir directory
       ] -r, --rules rule-file -o, --out output-file

DESCRIPTION
       genbrk reads the break (boundary) rule source code from rule-file and
       creates a break iteration data file. Normally this data file has the
       .brk extension.

       The details of the rule syntax can be found in ICU's User Guide.

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

       -V, --version
	      Print the version of genbrk and exit.

       -c, --copyright
	      Embeds the standard ICU copyright into the output-file.

       -v, --verbose
	      Display extra informative messages during execution.

       -d, --destdir destination
	      Set the destination directory of the output-file to destination.

       -i, --icudatadir directory
	      Look for any necessary ICU data files in directory.  For
	      example, the file pnames.icu must be located when ICU's data is
	      not built as a shared library.  The default ICU data directory
	      is specified by the environment variable ICU_DATA.  Most
	      configurations of ICU do not require this argument.

       -r, --rules rule-file
	      The source file to read.

       -o, --out output-file
	      The output data file to write.

CAVEATS
       When the rule-file contains a byte order mark (BOM) at the beginning of
       the file, which is the Unicode character U+FEFF, then the rule-file is
       interpreted as Unicode. Without the BOM, the file is interpreted in the
       current operating system default codepage.  In order to eliminate any
       ambiguity of the encoding for how the rule-file was written, it is
       recommended that you write this file in UTF-8 with the BOM.

ENVIRONMENT
       ICU_DATA	 Specifies the directory containing ICU data. Defaults to
		 ${prefix}/share/icu/76.1/.  Some tools in ICU depend on the
		 presence of the trailing slash. It is thus important to make
		 sure that it is present if ICU_DATA is set.

AUTHORS
       George Rhoten
       Andy Heninger

VERSION
       1.0

COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2005 International Business Machines Corporation and
       others

SEE ALSO
       http://www.icu-project.org/userguide/boundaryAnalysis.html


ICU MANPAGE			2 December 2005			     GENBRK(1)