Command Line Batch Interface

The command line is:

dfconv profile-fname [input-fname] [output-fname] [-d]

where the parameters are:

profile-fname: The name of the profile file that contains the details of the task you need to perform.
Note: This file must have a .PRO extension. If you specify a file with any other extension, DFCONV attempts to locate a profile file using the specified base-name and the .PRO extension.

input-fname: The name of the input file (optional).

output-fname: The name of the output file (optional).

-d: Stops the display of the data file convert console messages (optional).

The input and output file-names are optional as they can be extracted from the profile file. If you specify file-names on the command line as well as in the profile file, those on the command line take precedence.

After conversion, the operating system error level is set to non-zero if an error occurred during conversion. If you are running the conversion from a batch file, you can interrogate this to determine what action to take after the conversion.