gentz reads a
timezone file and compile it into a binary form.
The resulting file,
tz.dat , can then be read directly by ICU, or used by
pkgdata(8) for incorporation into a larger archive or library.
The file read by
gentz is described in the
FILES section.
OPTIONS
"-h, -?, --help"
Print help about usage and exit.
-c\fP, \fB--copyright
Include a copyright notice into the binary data.
-d\fP, \fB--destdir destination
Set the destination directory to
destination . The default destination directory is specified by the environment variable
ICU_DATA .
ENVIRONMENT
ICU_DATA
Specifies the directory containing ICU data. Defaults to
/usr/lib/icu/2.1/ . 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.
FILES
The following file is read by
gentz .
timezone.txt
Contains UNIX timezone data in a format that can be understood by
gentz .
