Hi, On 2014-06-12 21:44, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: >> >>> ENVIRONMENT >>> Internally, the iconv program uses the iconv(3) function which >>> in turn uses gconv modules (dynamically loaded shared >>> libraries) to convert to and from a character set. Before >>> calling iconv(3), the iconv program must first allocate a con‐ >>> version descriptor using iconv_open(3). The operation of the >>> latter function is influenced by the setting of the GCONV_PATH >>> environment variable: >>> >>> * If GCONV_PATH is not set, iconv_open(3) loads the system >>> gconv cache file created by iconvconfig(8) and then, based >>> on the configuration, loads the gconv modules needed to per‐ >>> form the conversion. >>> >>> * If GCONV_PATH is defined (as a colon-separated list of path‐ >>> names), the system gconv module configuration cache is not >>> used. Instead, iconv_open(3) first tries to load the con‐ >>> figuration files from one of the directories in GCONV_PATH, >>> followed by the system configuration file. If a directory >>> does not contain a gconv module configuration file, any >>> gconv modules that it may contain are ignored. If a direc‐ >>> tory contains a gconv module configuration file and it is >>> determined that a module needed for this conversion is >>> available in the directory, then the needed module is loaded >>> from that directory, the order being such that the first >>> suitable module found in GCONV_PATH is used. This allows >>> users to use custom modules and even replace system-provided >>> modules by providing such modules in GCONV_PATH directories. >>> >>> iconv supports any character set for which a corresponding >>> gconv configuration and module are provided. >>> >>> I have two doubts about the above text: >>> >>> * What is "the system configuration file"? >> >> It is listed in the FILES section, does that clarify enough? > > I wondered about that. But the term "system configuration file" does > not appear in FILES. Is it "Usual default gconv module configuration"? > If so, that's not so obvious because the terms differ. you're right, using "system default gconv module configuration" in both places should make it obvious. Thanks, -- Marko Myllynen -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-man" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
