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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)


ICU MANPAGE			18 August 2006			     ICUPKG(8)