Creates a conversion table file from a conversion source file.
The conversion table file is used by ICONV CONVERT to convert
characters in a file from one codeset to another.
Format:
ICONV COMPILE sourcefile tablefile
1 – Parameters
sourcefile
The file specification of the conversion source file. The
default file type is .ISRC. The file naming convention OpenVMS
uses for conversion source files is:
fromcodeset_tocodeset.isrc
tablefile
The file specification of the conversion table file to be
created. The default file type is .ICONV. The file naming
convention for conversion table files is:
fromcodeset_tocodeset.iconv
Public conversion table files are in the directory defined by
the logical name SYS$I18N_ICONV. Put new conversion table files
in the same directory if you want to make them available
system-wide.