make_unicodemap

MAKE_UNICODEMAP(1)                                          MAKE_UNICODEMAP(1)



NAME
       make_unicodemap - construct a unicode map file for Samba

SYNOPSIS
       make_unicodemap codepage inputfile outputfile

DESCRIPTION
       This tool is part of the Samba suite.

       make_unicodemap compiles text unicode map files into binary unicode map
       files for use with the internationalization features of Samba 2.2.

OPTIONS
       codepage
              This is the codepage or UNIX character set we are processing  (a
              number, e.g. 850).

       inputfile
              This  is  the  input file to process. This is a text unicode map
              file such as the ones found in the Samba source/codepages direc-
              tory.

       outputfile
              This is the binary output file to produce.

SAMBA UNICODE MAP FILES
       A  text Samba unicode map file is a description that tells Samba how to
       map characters from a specified DOS code page or UNIX character set  to
       16 bit unicode.

       A  binary Samba unicode map file is a binary representation of the same
       information, including a value that specifies  what  codepage  or  UNIX
       character set this file is describing.

FILES
       CP<codepage>.TXT

       These  are  the  input  (text)  unicode map files provided in the Samba
       source/codepages directory.

       A text unicode map file  consists  of  multiple  lines  containing  two
       fields. These fields are :

       o character - which is the (hex) character mapped on this line.

       o unicode  - which is the (hex) 16 bit unicode character that the char-
         acter will map to.

       unicode_map.<codepage> - These are  the  output  (binary)  unicode  map
       files  produced and placed in the Samba destination lib/codepage direc-
       tory.


INSTALLATION
       The location of the server and its support files is a matter for  indi-
       vidual  system administrators. The following are thus suggestions only.

       It is recommended that the make_unicodemap program be  installed  under
       the  $prefix/samba hierarchy, in a directory readable by all, writeable
       only by root. The program itself should be executable by all. The  pro-
       gram should NOT be setuid or setgid!

VERSION
       This man page is correct for version 2.2 of the Samba suite.

SEE ALSO
       smbd(8) smb.conf(5)

AUTHOR
       The  original  Samba  software  and  related  utilities were created by
       Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed by the Samba Team  as  an  Open
       Source project similar to the way the Linux kernel is developed.

       The  original  Samba man pages were written by Karl Auer.  The man page
       sources were converted to YODL format (another excellent piece of  Open
       Source    software,    available   at   ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/
       <URL:ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/>) and updated for  the  Samba  2.0
       release  by Jeremy Allison. The conversion to DocBook for Samba 2.2 was
       done by Gerald Carter



                               19 November 2002             MAKE_UNICODEMAP(1)