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.TH "REGFILETYPE" "1" "28 May 2012" "" "The Regina Handbook"

.SH NAME
regfiletype \- Identify the formats of Regina data files
.SH SYNOPSIS

\fBregfiletype\fR \fB\fIfile\fB\fR\fI ...\fR

.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
Between Regina versions 2.4 and 3.0, the data files changed from
using an impenetrable and undocumented binary format to using
(optionally compressed) XML\&.
.PP
This utility determines which of these formats a given
Regina data file is in.
.PP
You may pass multiple files on the command line; the format of each
file will be written to standard output.
.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/regfiletype\&.
.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\~4.93\\bin\\regfiletype.exe\&.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
regconvert,
regina-gui\&.
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
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.