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NAME

       dictunformat - create a raw database file from a .dict and .index file

SYNOPSIS

       dictunformat [OPTIONS] index_filename

DESCRIPTION

       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 DICT database by 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.

OPTIONS

       --help displays a usage message and exits.

       --headword-separator sep
              sep is the headword separator used when  creating  the  origianl
              dictionary.  (See --headword-separator in dictfmt (1)).

       index_filename
              is the .index file of the original dictionary.

AUTHOR

       dictunformat was written by Aleksey Cheusov <vle@gmx.net>.
       This    manual    page    was    written    by   Robert   D.   Hilliard
       <hilliard@debian.org>.

SEE ALSO

       dictd(8), dictfmt(1)