Customer-Extensible Codeset Conversion (geniconvtbl)

Developers have the ability, with the Solaris 8 operating environment, to create user-defined codeset converters, enabling table driven creation and easy addition of new codeset conversions by using the geniconvtbl utility.

This permits user-defined and user-customizable codeset conversions with a standard system utility and interface like iconv(1) and iconv(3C). This new capability enhances the ability of an application to deal with incompatible data types, particularly data generated from proprietary or legacy applications. Modification to existing Solaris codeset conversions is also supported.

For more information, see the International Language Environments Guide.