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.TH ALIAS 5 "Oct 2, 2001"
.SH NAME
alias \- alias table file of encoding names
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
\fB/usr/lib/iconv/alias\fR
.fi

.SH DESCRIPTION
.sp
.LP
This file contains the alias table of encoding names for \fBiconv_open\fR(3C).
.sp
.LP
The format of the alias table is as follows:
.sp
.in +2
.nf
"%s %s\en", <variant encoding name>, <canonical encoding name>
.fi
.in -2

.sp
.LP
The string specified for the variant encoding name is case-insensitive. A line
beginning with '#' is treated as a comment.
.SH ATTRIBUTES
.sp
.LP
See \fBattributes\fR(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:
.sp

.sp
.TS
box;
c | c
l | l .
ATTRIBUTE TYPE	ATTRIBUTE VALUE
_
Interface Stability	Evolving
.TE

.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
.LP
.BR iconv (3C),
.BR iconv_close (3C),
.BR iconv_open (3C),
.BR attributes (7)