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
Program Files (x86). You can start this utility by running
c:\Program Files\Regina\Regina 4.93\bin\regconvert.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.
