The code set registry files are on the Open Group ftp server. Clients should anonymous ftp to ftp.opengroup.org, then cd to pub/code_set_registry . The following files are there: 1453 Jun 14 04:31 README 32511 Sep 8 1997 code_set_registry1.2f.txt 33630 Jun 14 04:24 code_set_registry1.2g.txt 63258 Sep 8 1997 cs_registry1.2f 66442 Jun 14 11:08 cs_registry1.2g 1460 Jun 14 04:26 diff.code_set_registry1.2. 3847 Jun 14 11:09 diff.csregistry1.2.fg 124 Sep 8 1997 rgy_to_txt 2053 Sep 8 1997 rgy_to_txt.awk [ The latest release is 1.2g; the files from the previous release are also present. The diff.* files show the incremental changes. ] The file cs_registry1.2g is the commented source file. Comments at the beginning of the file describe the format of the body of the file. The suffix 1.2g indicates the revision number for the registry. Whenever changes are made to the registry, the file incorporating the changes will be given a new revision number and added to the directory. Requests for changes to the registry should be sent by email to . The shell script rgy_to_txt can be invoked with the revision number as its single argument. This shell script uses rgy_to_txt.awk to convert the commented source file to a simplified format. For instance, the command "rgy_to_txt 1.2g" will read from the file cs_registry1.2g and write to the file code_set_registry1.2g.txt, as was done above.