NAME

idncmp - compare internationalized domain names

SYNOPSIS

idncmp [options..] name1 name2

DESCRIPTION

idncmp command tries to convert internationalized domain name name1 and name2 to A-labels, and then compares them. If they are equivalent, idncmp outputs the message:

matched.

to standard error and returns with exit code 0. If they have differences, output:

unmatched.

to standard error and returns with exit code 1. If name1, name2 or both names are not valid internationalized domain names, it outputs the reason (e.g. ``invalid encoding'') to standard error and returns with exit code 2. If an internal error such as memory exhaustion is caused, idncmp outputs the reason to standard error and then returns with exit code 3.

Unless -noconf (or -C) option is given, idncmp reads a configuration file (/usr/local/etc/idn2.conf, ~/.idn2rc or a file specified by an option) and performs conversions according to the parameters specified in the file.

OPTIONS

-in in-code, -i in-code: Specify the encoding name of the domain names specified as arguments. Any of the following encoding names can be recognized.

Any encoding names which iconv_open() accepts
Punycode
UTF-8
Any alias names for the above, defined by the encoding alias file.

: The encoding defaults to the value of the environment variable ``IDN_LOCAL_CODESET'' or, if it is not set, an encoding determined from the locale information.

-conf file, -c file: Specify the path of idnkit configuration file. If not specified, the default path (/usr/local/etc/idn2.conf or ~/.idn2rc) is used, unless -noconf (or -C) option is specified.
-noconf, -C: Suppress reading a configuration file.
-registration, -g: Use domain name registration protocol.
-lookup, -l (default): Use domain name lookup protocol. This is the default behavior.
-nomap, -M: Don't perform the ``map'' action. This is the same as ``-skip map''.
-skip action,...: Skip actions. the following action names are recognized:

map: mappings
asclower: convert ASCII uppercase letters to lowercase
rtconv: conversion from Punycode to Unicode for round trip check
prohcheck: prohibited code point check
unascheck: unassigned code point check
nfccheck: NFC conformance check
prefcheck: ACE prefix check
hyphcheck: hyphen check
combcheck: combining character check
ctxjcheck: CONTEXTJ code point check
ctxocheck: CONTEXTO code point check for domain name registration protocol.
ctxolitecheck: CONTEXTO code point check for domain name lookup protocol.
bidicheck: Bidi check.
idnconv: conversion to Punycode
lencheck: label length check
rtcheck: round trip check

-localcheck file, -e file: Also perform local code point check using file. Using the local check feature, you can check whether a domain name consists of code points allowed by a particular registry. The format of file is explained in idn_setlocalcheckfile(3).
-quiet, -q: Suppress a result message; yield exit status only.
-test, -t: Print which language, input encoding and output encoding will be chosen if the same arguments are gievn to the command, and then quit immediately.
-version, -v: Print version information and quit.
-help, -h: Print help and quit.

LOCAL ENCODING

idncmp guesses local encoding from locale and environment variables. See the ``LOCAL ENCODING'' section in idn.conf(5) for more details.

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