Naming converters

This section covers code set names.

Code set names are in the form CodesetRegistry-CodesetEncoding where:

CodesetRegistry

Identifies the registration authority for the encoding. The CodesetRegistry must be made of characters from the portable code set (usually A-Z and 0-9).

CodesetEncoding

Identifies the coded character set defined by the registered authority.

The from,to variable used by the iconv command and iconv_open subroutine identifies a file whose name should be in the form /usr/lib/nls/loc/iconv/%f_%t or /usr/lib/nls/loc/iconvTable/%f_%t, where:

%f

Represents the FromCode set name

%t

Represents the ToCode set name