NAME
gentz - compile timezone information
SYNOPSIS
gentz [ -h, -?, --help ] [ -c, --copyright ] [ -d, --destdir destination ] timezone
DESCRIPTION
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, --copyright
-
Include a copyright notice into the binary data.
- -d, --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.
VERSION
2.1
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2000-2002 IBM, Inc. and others.