mkesdb(1)

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✨ mkesdb(1) ✨

okay bestie, so this is the mkesdb page from the OFFIS DCMTK manual set — like, the whole thing, zero skips, i promise 💖

🌸 NAME 🌸

mkesdb — literally the tool that creates encoding scheme database (esdb) files for oficonv. that's it, that's the job 🫶

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

mkesdb [-d] [-m] [-o outfile] infile

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so the mkesdb utility generates a conversion catalog for the oficonv library. iconic behavior tbh 👑

what's actually in the generated data? a list of supported encodings and their most important characteristics — like, the decoder module to use and stuff like that. no cap, every detail matters here.

🌈 PARAMETERS 🌈

  • infile — the input file (from oficonv/datasrc/esdb) that's getting converted. that's your main character file fr 💅

⭐ OPTIONS ⭐

💜 general options 💜

  • -d — debug mode, prints debug information. super useful when you're like "wait why is this happening" 😭
  • -m — process a directory catalog or alias file, instead of an encoding description. different mode, different vibe ✨
  • -o — [f]ilename: string — store output in file f. so like, -o takes a filename and that's where your output goes 🎯

🍓 EXIT STATUS 🍓

the mkesdb utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs. so if you get 0, slay — you're good. anything above that means something went wrong ngl 💀

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

this man page is derived from the FreeBSD mkesdb man page, Copyright (C) 2009 Gabor Kovesdan <gabor@FreeBSD.org>

keep that credit, it's the rule bestie 🙈

Version 3.7.1 💖 dated Sat Oct 17 2026 09:34:01 — that's a wrap, mwah, go convert some encodings 🧚‍♀️✨
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