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.