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6 gencmn - generate an ICU memory-mappable data file
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9 gencmn [ -h, -?, --help ] [ -v, --verbose ] [ -c, --copyright | -C,
10 --comment comment ] [ -d, --destdir destination ] [ -n, --name name ] [
11 -t, --type fileext ] [ -S, --source ] [ -e, --entrypoint name ] maxsize
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15 gencmn takes a set of files and packages them as an ICU memory-mappable
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18 gencmn reads a list of files to be packaged from either the supplied
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20 files from the list that are not bigger than maxsize bytes, except if
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24 -h, -?, --help
25 Print help about usage and exit.
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27 -v, --verbose
28 Display extra informative messages during execution.
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31 Include the ICU copyright notice in the resulting data.
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34 Include the specified comment in the resulting data instead of
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43 Set the data name to name instead of the default. This name is
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45 made of the icudt prefix, followed by a two-digit version number
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52 Use type as the type of the data. This type is also used as the
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56 Write a C source file with the table of contents of the data.
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59 Set the data entry point (used for linking against the data in a
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61 made of the data (set by the -n, --name option) followed by an
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