NAME

       regconvert - Convert between different Regina file formats

SYNOPSIS

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

DESCRIPTION

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

              Note:  As  of  September  2013, the ancient binary file format that was used with Regina 2.x is no
              longer supported.  This format has not been in use for over a decade now.  If you still have files
              in this format, you will need to download Regina 4.93 to convert them.

       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).

OPTIONS

       -x (default)
              Convert to compressed XML.

       -u     Convert to plain (uncompressed) XML.

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 5.1\bin\regconvert.exe.

SEE ALSO

       regfiletype, regina-gui.

AUTHOR

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

                                                14 December 2016                                   REGCONVERT(1)