ICU-601 revamped manual page for genrb, reused as much as possible from the gencnval page for consistency

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.\"
.\" Copyright (C) 2000 IBM, Inc. and others.
.\"
.TH GENRB 8 "19 September 2000" "ICU @VERSION@"
.TH GENRB 8 "29 September 2000" "ICU @VERSION@"
.SH NAME
.B genrb
\- compile a resource bundle
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extension while resource bundle source files typically have a
.B .txt
extension.
The
.I bundle
file name should be a local identifier, e.g.
.B ja_JP.txt
for Japanese (Japan) data, or
.B root.txt
for the root bundle.
.PP
These binary files can then be loaded directly by ICU or reused by other
tools such as
.BR pkgdata (8).
These binary files can then be read directly by ICU, or used by
.BR pkgdata (8)
for incorporation into a larger archive or library.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.BR \-V\fP, \fB\-\-version
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(BOM) is present.
.TP
.BI "\-s\fP, \fB\-\-sourcedir" " source"
Set the source directory to
.IR source .
The default source directory is specified by the environment variable
.BR ICU_DATA .
.TP
.BI "\-d\fP, \fB\-\-destdir" " destination"
Set the destination directory to
.IR destination .
The default destination directory is specified by the environment variable
.BR ICU_DATA .
.B \-\-sourcedir=\fIpath\fP\fR \fP or \fB \-s=\fIpath\fP
.TP 8
.I bundle.txt ...
Specify the source resource bundle files which will be compiled.
The filename should be a locale ID, for example, \fBja_JP.txt\fP for Japanese (Japan),
or \fBroot.txt\fP for the root bundle.
.SH INVARIANT CHARACTERS
The
.B invariant character set
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.TP 10
.B ICU_DATA
Specifies the directory containing ICU data. Defaults to
.BR I@prefix@share/icu/@VERSION@/ .
.BR @thedatadir@/icu/@VERSION@/ .
Some tools in ICU depend on the presence of the trailing slash. It is thus
important to make sure that it is present if
.B ICU_DATA
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Copyright (C) 2000 IBM, Inc. and others.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR pkgdata (8)