Converter programs versus tables

Converter programs are executable functions that convert data according to a set of rules. Converter tables are single-byte conversion tables that perform stateless conversions.

Programs and tables are in separate directories, as follows:

After a converter program is compiled and linked with the libiconv.a library, the program is placed in the /usr/lib/nls/loc/iconv directory.

To build a table converter, build a source converter table file. Use the genxlt command to compile translation tables into a format understood by the table converter. The output file is then placed in the /usr/lib/nls/loc/iconvTable directory.