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NAME
	osmf2dbf: SMF to DBF database converter

SYNOPSIS
	osmf2dbf.ttp { Options } { group }

DESCRIPTION
	This program converts a SMF (single message file) data base into
	a DBF database.
	This program is supplied for O users who already have newsgroups
	that were created as SMF databases and want to convert them into
	the faster and disk-saving DBF format. It is assumed that DBF is
	the database of choice and that SMF is used only for newsgroups
	that have to be used with non-O software.

	For each named newsgroup (or, if no newsgroup is named, for every
	newsgroup in the onews.def file), osmf2dbf creates a DBF database,
	moves the index and thread index files (o.idx and o.tix) to their
	new names, changes the index file's header into DBF, reads all
	message files, copies them into the DBF and then deletes the files.
	If after that the original newsgroup directory is empty, it is
	deleted.


WARNING
	- Use this only on SMF database newsgroups.
	- There is no way back from DBF to SMF.

OPTIONS
	-h
		waits for key press after program termination
	-L n
		sets log level to n (-1 means no logging)
	-v
		prints version number only
	-F file
		uses `file' as o.inf configuration file
	-?
		Prints usage summary only.

ENVIRONMENT
	O_INF
		name of default o.inf file

FILES
	- read
	o.inf
	onews.def
	- changed/renamed
	o.idx
	o.tix
	- created
	*.dbf
	*.dbi

SEE ALSO
	The manual page about the SMF database (smf.man).

DATE
	Nov 19 1993

AUTHOR
	Wolfram R”sler <wr@bara.oche.de>