This document, the Compaq C Run-Time Library Utilities Reference Manual, provides technical guidance on using utilities to develop international software applications on the OpenVMS operating system.
Key areas covered include:
- XPG4-Compliant Utilities: How to use GENCAT for message catalogs, ICONV for codeset conversion, and LOCALE for managing international environment settings.
- Time Zone Management: The ZIC utility and the format of time zone source files (Rule, Zone, and Link lines).
- Locale File Definitions: The structure of locale definition source files, including categories such as LC_COLLATE, LC_CTYPE, LC_MESSAGES, LC_MONETARY, LC_NUMERIC, and LC_TIME.
- Charmap Files: How to define character symbols and their encodings.
- Command Reference: Detailed command syntax, parameters, and examples for all supported utilities.
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