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<refmeta>
	<refentrytitle>make_unicodemap</refentrytitle>
	<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
</refmeta>


<refnamediv>
	<refname>make_unicodemap</refname>
	<refpurpose>construct a unicode map file for Samba</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>

<refsynopsisdiv>
	<cmdsynopsis>
		<command>make_unicodemap</command>
		<arg choice="req">codepage</arg>
		<arg choice="req">inputfile</arg>
		<arg choice="req">outputfile</arg>
	</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>



<refsect1>
	<title>DESCRIPTION</title>

	<para>
	This tool is part of the <ulink url="samba.7.html">Samba</ulink> 
	suite.
	</para>

	<para>
	<command>make_unicodemap</command> compiles text unicode map 
	files into binary unicode map files for use with the 
	internationalization features of Samba 2.2.
	</para>
</refsect1>



<refsect1>
	<title>OPTIONS</title>

	<variablelist>
		<varlistentry>
		<term>codepage</term>
		<listitem><para>This is the codepage or UNIX character 
		set we are processing (a number, e.g. 850).
		</para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>inputfile</term>
		<listitem><para>This is the input file to process. This is a 
		text unicode map file such as the ones found in the Samba
		<filename>source/codepages</filename> directory. 
		</para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
		
		<varlistentry>
		<term>outputfile</term>
		<listitem><para>This is the binary output file to produce. 
		</para></listitem>
		</varlistentry>
	</variablelist>
</refsect1>


<refsect1>
	<title>Samba Unicode Map Files</title>

	<para>
	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.
	</para>

	<para>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. 
	</para>
</refsect1>

<refsect1>
	<title>Files</title>

	<para><filename>CP&lt;codepage&gt;.TXT</filename></para> 

	<para>
	These are the input (text) unicode map files provided 
	in the Samba <filename>source/codepages</filename> 
	directory. 
	</para>
	
	<para>
	A text unicode map file consists of multiple lines 
	containing two fields. These fields are :  
	</para>
	
	<itemizedlist>
		<listitem><para><parameter>character</parameter> - which is 
		the (hex) character mapped on this line.
		</para></listitem>
		
		<listitem><para><parameter>unicode</parameter> - which 
		is the (hex) 16 bit unicode character that the character
		will map to. 
		</para></listitem>
	</itemizedlist>

	<para>
	<filename>unicode_map.&lt;codepage&gt;</filename>  - These are 
	the output (binary) unicode map files produced and placed in 
	the Samba destination <filename>lib/codepage</filename> 
	directory.
	</para>
</refsect1>


<refsect1>
	<title>Installation</title>

	<para>
	The location of the server and its support files is a matter
	for individual system administrators. The following are thus 
	suggestions only. 
	</para>
	
	<para>
	It is recommended that the <command>make_unicodemap</command> 
	program be installed under the 
	<filename>$prefix/samba</filename> hierarchy, 
	in a directory readable by all, writeable only by root. The 
	program itself should be executable by all.  The program
	should NOT be setuid or setgid! 
	</para>
</refsect1>

<refsect1>
	<title>VERSION</title>

	<para>This man page is correct for version 2.2 of 
	the Samba suite.</para>
</refsect1>

<refsect1>
	<title>SEE ALSO</title>
	<para><ulink url="smbd.8.html"><command>smbd(8)</command></ulink>, 
	<ulink url="smb.conf.5.html">smb.conf(5)</ulink>
	</para>
</refsect1>

<refsect1>
	<title>AUTHOR</title>
	
	<para>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.</para>
	
	<para>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
	<ulink url="ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/">
	ftp://ftp.icce.rug.nl/pub/unix/</ulink>) and updated for the Samba 2.0 
	release by Jeremy Allison.  The conversion to DocBook for 
	Samba 2.2 was done by Gerald Carter</para>
</refsect1>

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