debian man page for regconvert

REGCONVERT(1)							The Regina Handbook						     REGCONVERT(1)

NAME
       regconvert - Convert between different Regina file formats

SYNOPSIS
       regconvert [ -x | -u | -b ] old-file [ new-file ]

DESCRIPTION
       Between	Regina versions 2.4 and 3.0, the data files changed from using an impenetrable and undocumented binary format to using (optionally
       compressed) XML.

       This utility converts back and forth between these different file formats.

       The argument old-file should be the file to read and convert; the argument new-file should be the name of the new converted file to  write.
       These two filenames may be the same, in which case the old file will be replaced with the new.

       If  the	argument  new-file is missing then the new file will be written to standard output, which forces the output to be uncompressed XML
       (see option -u).

	      Warning: When writing an old-style binary file, some information might be lost.  Old-style binary files can only	store  information
	      that was understood by the old version Regina 2.4.

OPTIONS
       -x (default)
	      Convert to compressed XML.

       -u     Convert to plain (uncompressed) XML.

       -b     Convert to the old-style binary format.

MACOS X USERS
       If  you	downloaded  a drag-and-drop app bundle, this utility is shipped inside it.  If you dragged Regina to the main Applications folder,
       you can run it as /Applications/Regina.app/Contents/MacOS/regconvert.

WINDOWS USERS
       The command-line utilities  are	installed  beneath  the  Program  Files  directory;  on  some  machines  this  directory  is  called  Pro-
       gram Files (x86).  You can start this utility by running c:Program FilesReginaRegina 4.93in
egconvert.exe.

SEE ALSO
       regfiletype, regina-gui.

AUTHOR
       This  utility was written by Benjamin Burton <bab@debian.org>.  Many people have been involved in the development of Regina; see the users'
       handbook for a full list of credits.

								    28 May 2012 						     REGCONVERT(1)