The glfiles Utility (UNIX)

To comply with MS-DOS 8.3 legacy format for filenames, IBM Informix products use condensed filenames to store GLS locales and code-set-conversion files. These filenames do not match the names of the locales and code sets that the end user uses. You can use the glfiles utility to generate a list of the following GLS-related files:

• The GLS locales that are available on your system
• The IBM Informix code-set-conversion files that are available on your system
• The IBM Informix code-set files that are available on your system

Before you run glfiles, take the following steps:

• Set the INFORMIXDIR environment variable to the directory in which you install your IBM Informix product.

  If you do not set INFORMIXDIR, glfiles checks the /usr/informix directory for the GLS files.

• Change to the directory where you want the files that glfiles generates to reside.

  The utility creates the GLS file listings in the current directory.

The following diagram shows the syntax of the glfiles utility.

            .----------.
            V .- -lc-. |
>>-glfiles----+- -cv-+-+---------------------------------------><
              '- -cm-'
 

Element

Purpose

-cv

The glfiles utility creates a file that lists the available code-set-conversion files.

-lc

The glfiles utility creates a file that lists the available GLS locales.

-cm

The glfiles utility creates a file that lists the available character mapping (charmap) files.