Convert a file. Syntax CONVERT input-file output-file Command Qualifiers Defaults /CHECKSUM /NOCHECKSUM /DEBUG /NODEBUG /FTYPE=type See text /FCREATOR=creator See text /FDL=fdl-spec None /LINE_LENGTH=value /LINE_LENGTH=0 /MPARAMETERS=param-list See text /MSUBTYPE=type See text Positional Qualifiers Defaults /CHARSET=charset None /ENCODING=encoding None /FILENAME=name /NOFILENAME /HEADER /NOHEADER /MODE=mode None /PARAMETERS=param-list None /SUBTYPE=subtype None /TYPE=type None
1 – Restrictions
None.
2 – Parameters
input-file[,...] A comma separated list of one or more text files to be converted. All specified input files are read and merged into a single output file. output-file The name of the output file to write.
3 – Description
CONVERT is a utility to convert files from one format to another.
4 – Command Qualifiers
4.1 /CHARSET
/CHARSET=charset Specify the character set for the part.
4.2 /CHECKSUM
/CHECKSUM /NOCHECKSUM (default)
4.3 /DEBUG
/DEBUG /NODEBUG (default) Control whether or not to display debug output.
4.4 /ENCODING
/ENCODING=encoding Specify the encoding used for the part.
4.5 /FILENAME
/FILENAME=name /NOFILENAME (default) Specify a file name to include in the MIME labelling.
4.6 /FTYPE
/FTYPE=type
4.7 /FCREATOR
/FCREATOR=creator
4.8 /FDL
/FDL=fdl-spec
4.9 /HEADER
/HEADER /NOHEADER (default) Specify whether MIME headers are present or should be written to the part. The default is /NOHEADER, MIME headers are neither looked for nor generated.
4.10 /LINE_LENGTH
/LINE_LENGTH=value
4.11 /MODE
/MODE=mode Specify the conversion mode. The mode value may be any of CRATTRIBUTE, LFATTRIBUTE, CRLFATTRIBUTE, BLOCK, RECORD, TEXT, POSTSCRIPT, ENRICHED, FLOWED, HTML, DOUBLEAPPLE, SINGLEAPPLE, BINHEX, or VIRUSSCAN.
4.12 /MPARAMETERS
/MPARAMETERS=param-list
4.13 /MSUBTYPE
/MSUBTYPE=type
4.14 /PARAMETERS
/PARAMETERS=param-list
4.15 /SUBTYPE
/SUBTYPE=subtype Specify the MIME subtype.
4.16 /TYPE
/TYPE=type Specify the MIME type.
5 – Examples
1.$ PMDF CONVERT A.MACB/MODE=MACBINARY A.SINGLE/MODE=SINGLE The command above is an example of converting a file from Macbinary format to Applesingle format; that is, this is an example of extracting just the data fork from the Macbinary format file.