.TH DICTUNFORMAT 1 "January 23, 2003" "LINUX" "Linux User's Manual"
.SH NAME
dictunformat \- create a raw database file from a .dict 
and .index file
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B dictunformat
.I [OPTIONS] 
.B index_filename
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B dictunformat
takes a dictionary index file as a parameter and a dictionary database
file on stdin and outputs a raw database that may be used to create a 
.B DICT
database by 
.B dictfmt \-t.
This may be useful if it is desired to create a dictionary for a
locale other than that for which the original was created, or if it is
desired to correct or supplement a pre-existing dictionary. 
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-\-help
displays a usage message and exits.
.TP
.BI \-\-headword\-separator " sep"
sep is the headword separator used when creating the origianl
dictionary.  (See \-\-headword\-separator in
.BR "dictfmt (1)").
.TP
.B index_filename
is the .index file of the original dictionary.
.SH AUTHOR
.B dictunformat
was written by Aleksey Cheusov <vle@gmx.net>.
.br
This manual page was written by Robert D. Hilliard <hilliard@debian.org>.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR dictd (8),
.BR dictfmt (1)