xchange is just another tool for converting DOS text files to UNIX text files
(and of course the other way back).
If you have a powerful tool like that you love to use stop reading this 
and delete the files included in this archive.

The only advantage of xchange is that it scans the file content to 
decide wheather it is a DOS or a UNIX text file (or if it is a binary file) 
so that it can convert it automaticly.
xchange is a very small and therefore very fast program. It does not (like
all the other programs I have used) write to stdout (I know there are pipes
and lots of stuff like that), it writes directly to a file. I like that. 

This is the v0.9 of xchange. I use it often and it seems to work o.k..
But I haven't seen software without a bug. If you find one mail me:

	snOOp@studbox.uni-stuttgart.de
	anhamdan@trick.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de

Maybe I'll remove it ;-)

--> To compile xchange, you sould enter
		"make"
	or	"make xchange"

at the prompt.


--> To install the program enter
	"make install"

at the shell prompt. You must be root to install the software this way (or
you edit the DESTIONATION variable in the Makefile. It is per default set 
to "/usr/bin").

There are a few parameters you can use.

	o   "-h"	outputs some helping information.
	o   "-nb"	forces to progamm not to check for a binary file 
			content (wich would normaly make the program stop).
	o   "-fd2u" 	forces the program not to scan the file content and
			just to convert DOS to UNIX.
			(The source file will not be scanned! It could be
			anything from UNIX text files to binaries!)
	o   "-fu2d"	same as -fd2u, but will convert UNIX to DOS.

If you use a parameter the programm does not know, it will ignore it.


ATTENTION! ATTENTION! If the destination file already exists, it will be
overwritten....and (thats the UNIX way of life) it is gone forever.

That's it...

amin!


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