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.TH "REGCONCAT" "1" "14 December 2016" "" "The Regina Handbook"
.SH NAME
regconcat \- Combine several Regina data files
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBregconcat\fR [ \fB-o \fIoutput-file\fB\fR ] \fB\fIinput-file\fB\fR\fI ...\fR
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
This utility combines several individual Regina data files into
a single larger data file. The new file will have a container as its
top-level packet, and beneath this container will be the packet trees
from each of the input files that you supply.
.PP
If an output file is specified through option \fB-o\fR,
the new file will be written as compressed XML to this output file.
Otherwise the new file will be written as uncompressed XML to
standard output.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.TP
\fB-o \fIoutput-file\fB\fR
Specifies that the new combined data file should be written
as compressed XML to the given output file.
.SH "MACOS\\~X USERS"
.PP
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/regconcat\&.
.SH "WINDOWS USERS"
.PP
The command-line utilities are installed beneath the
\fIProgram\~Files\fR directory; on some
machines this directory is called
\fIProgram\~Files\~(x86)\fR\&.
You can start this utility by running
c:\\Program\~Files\\Regina\\Regina\~5.1\\bin\\regconcat.exe\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
regina-gui\&.
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
This utility was written by Benjamin Burton
\&.
Many people have been involved in the development
of Regina; see the users' handbook for a full list of credits.