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 4.95\bin\regconvert.exe.

SEE ALSO

       regfiletype, regina-gui.

AUTHOR

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

                                         06 November 2013                           REGCONVERT(1)