The glfiles utility (UNIX™)

To comply with MS-DOS 8.3 legacy format for file names, HCL Informix® products use condensed file names to store GLS locales and code-set-conversion files.

These file names do not match the names of the locales and code sets that the 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 HCL Informix® code-set-conversion files that are available on your system
  • The HCL 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 HCL 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.

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

The following diagram shows the syntax of the glfiles utility.
glfiles { | -lc | -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.