CONVERT(1)           INTERACTIVE UNIX System           CONVERT(1)



          NAME
               convert - convert archive files to common formats

          SYNOPSIS
               convert [-x] infile outfile

          DESCRIPTION
               The convert command transforms input infile to output out-
               file.  Infile must be a UNIX System V Release 1.0 or XENIX
               archive file and outfile will be the equivalent UNIX System
               V Release 2.0 archive file.  All other types of input to the
               convert command will be passed unmodified from the input
               file to the output file (along with appropriate warning mes-
               sages).

               The -x option is required to convert a XENIX archive. Using
               this option will convert the general archive structure but
               leave archive members unmodified.

               Infile must be different from outfile.

          FILES
               TMPDIR/conv*          temporary files

               TMPDIR is usually /usr/tmp but can be redefined by setting
               the environment variable TMPDIR [see tempnam() in
               tmpnam(3S)].

          SEE ALSO
               ar(1), tmpnam(3S), a.out(4), ar(4).

























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