regfiletype - Identify the formats of Regina data files
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Description
This utility determines which file format a given Regina data file is in. You may pass multiple files on
the command line; the format of each file will be written to standard output.
Only Regina's modern XML-based file formats are recognised (both compressed and uncompressed). In its
very early years, Regina used an impenetrable and undocumented binary format; this was replaced with XML
in 2002 (Regina 3.0), and support for this format was removed completely in 2013 (Regina 4.94). If you
still need to recognise and/or read files in this ancient binary format, you will need to download
Regina 4.93.
Macos 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/regfiletype.
Name
regfiletype - Identify the formats of Regina data files
See Also
regconvert, regina-gui.
Synopsis
regfiletypefile...
Windows Users
The command-line utilities are installed beneath the ProgramFiles directory; on some machines this
directory is called ProgramFiles(x86). You can start this utility by running
c:\Program Files\Regina\Regina 7.0\bin\regfiletype.exe.
