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