MKBINDIC(1)

💖 NAME

okay so mkbindic — she converts a text-form dictionary into a binary-form dictionary. that's the whole gig. no cap. 💅

🌸 SYNOPSYS

mkbindic [-m | -s] [-name dicname] [-c version] textfile

quick vibe check on the synopsis, and i'm being so fr: this page shows you -m / -s as an either-or situation, plus -name dicname, and then it just... does not elaborate. 💀 so i'm not gonna make stuff up about them — that's literally all the lore we get. what it does tell us is down below. 🫶

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

bestie, listen. mkbindic creates a binary-form dictionary — with extension .cbd or dicname — from a text-form dictionary called textfile. iconic behaviour, honestly. 💖

and if you hit it with -c? then mkbindic creates an old format dictionary instead. the currently supported versions are 3.0 and 3.7. that's it, that's the list. 👑

🌈 EXAMPLE 🌈

% mkbindic user.ctd

so a binary-form dictionary user.cbd and a frequency dictionary user.cld get created from a text-form dictionary user.ctd. two dictionaries out of one command?? we ate and left no crumbs. 🍓✨

🦋 ENVIRONMENT 🦋

• TMPDIR — mkbindic uses the value of this variable for the working directory when it makes temporary files. if you don't specify it, the value defaults to /tmp. she needs somewhere to put her little temp files, and that's where. 🫶

👑 SEE ALSO 👑

dicar(1), dpbindic(1) — go read those too, iykyk. 💜

and that's the whole page, bestie — this has been MKBINDIC(1) from the General Commands Manual, which is genuinely all the footer gave us. no date, no version, just pure main character energy. 🌸💅🎀