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converting between character sets |
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* overview |
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Since Malete can represent both record and index data as plain text files, |
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standard tools like |
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> http://www.gnu.org/software/recode/recode.html recode |
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> http://www.gnu.org/software/libiconv/ iconv |
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can be used for character set conversion. |
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This can also be used to conver WinIsis or wwwisist files via |
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> CDS cds import/export. |
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* example |
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To convert the standard WinIsis cds database to malete as is, |
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without any character set conversion, use |
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malete cdsimp -No850 cds |
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Create a textual representation of the index by |
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malete qdump cds 2>cds.mqt |
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Convert the textfiles to UTF-8 use |
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iconv -f CP850 -t UTF-8 <cds.mrd >cds.mrd-u |
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iconv -f CP850 -t UTF-8 <cds.mqt >cds.mqt-u |
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Replace the Malete database with the UTF-8 files |
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rm cds.mq? cds.mr? |
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mv cds.mrd-u cds.mrd |
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malete qload cds <cds.mqt-u |
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* notes |
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Conversions that do not change the byte count like for example |
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codepage 850 to Latin-1 can also be applied to IIF (ISO 2709) files. |
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This will not work for conversions like codepage 850 to UTF-8 |
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which change the length of data. |
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