NAME

       sfconv - A tool for converting the encoding of Standard Format (SF) files

SYNOPSIS

   8-bit to Unicode:
       sfconv -8u [-utf8|-be|-le] [-bom] -c ControlFile [-d MappingDirectory] -i InFile -o OutFile

   Unicode to 8-bit:
       sfconv -u8 [-utf8|-be|-le] -c ControlFile [-d MappingDirectory] -i InFile -o OutFile

DESCRIPTION

       A  tool  for  converting  Standard  Format (SF) files is included in the current TECkit package.  This is
       sfconv , a command-line tool that uses an XML “control file” to specify the mappings associated with  the
       various  markers in an SF file. Note that the current SFconv tool should be considered a prototype rather
       than a full solution to the issue of SF conversions. A more complete tool with an improved user interface
       would be desirable.

OPTIONS

       The SFconv utility uses command-line options to specify the conversion direction, control file, and input
       and output files. The required arguments are:

       -8u|-u8
              conversion direction: 8-bit to Unicode or vice versa

       -ccontrolFile
              specifies XML control file

       -iinFile
              specifies filename of input SF file

       -ooutFile
              specifies filename for converted output

              In addition, the following optional arguments may be used if appropriate:

       -dmappingDir
              directory where mapping files ( .tec files) are to be found

       -utf8|-be|-le
              Unicode encoding form: UTF-8, UTF-16BE, or UTF16-LE (default is UTF8 for output, or detected  from
              input file if BOM is present)

       -bom   (only when mapping to Unicode) write initial BOM to the output file

       -nfc|-nfd
              (only when mapping to Unicode) normalize to NFC or NFD

Further Information

       For  further  information  see  the  document TECkit_Tools.pdf.  On a Debian system, this can be found in
       /usr/share/doc/teckit.