native2ascii(1)                                   native2ascii(1)



NAME
       native2ascii - native to ASCII converter

SYNOPSIS
       native2ascii  [ -encoding encoding_name] [ -reverse ] [ -J
       option ]
            [ inputfile [outputfile]]

DESCRIPTION
       The javac(1) compiler and other Java(tm)  tools  can  only
       process  files  that  contain  Latin-1  or Unicode-encoded
       (\udddd notation) characters.   The  native2ascii  command
       converts  files that contain other character encoding into
       files containing Latin-1 or Unicode-encoded charaters.

       If outputfile is omitted, standard output is used for out-
       put.  If inputfile is also omitted, standard input is used
       for input.

OPTIONS
       The following options are supported:

       -encoding encoding_name
                      Specifies the encoding name that is used by
                      the   conversion  procedure.   The  default
                      encoding  is  taken  from  system  property
                      file.encoding.   The  encoding_name  string
                      must be one taken from the first column  of
                      the  table  of  supported  encodings in the
                      Supported Encodings document:

                      http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/guide/intl/encod-
                      ing.doc.html

       -reverse       Performs  the reverse operation: converts a
                      file with Latin-1 or Unicode-encoded  char-
                      acters  to  one with native-encoded charac-
                      ters.

SEE ALSO
       javac(1)



                           14 July 2000           native2ascii(1)