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 simply converts back and forth between these different
file formats.
Argument old-file should be the file to read and convert; 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 argument new-file is missing, the new file will be written to
standard output; this forces output to be uncompressed XML (see option
-u).
Warning: When writing an old-style binary file, some information
might be lost. Specifically, only information that is
understood by the Regina 2.4 calculation engine will be written.
OPTIONS
-x (default)
Convert to compressed XML.
-u Convert to plain (uncompressed) XML.
-b Convert to the old-style binary format.
SEE ALSO
regfiletype, regina-kde.
AUTHOR
Regina was written by Ben Burton <bab@debian.org> with help from
others; see the documentation for full details.
12 May 2009