dosfilt(1)                                                       dosfilt(1)

NAME
     dosfilt - make files with language-dependent special characters read-
     able under MS-DOS

SYNOPSIS
     dosfilt -charset [-o outfile] [file ...]

DESCRIPTION
     dosfilt converts Reliant UNIX files containing language-dependent spe-
     cial characters in 7-bit format (such as ä, ö, ü, ß) or data in the
     ISO 8859-1 8-bit character set [see ascii(5) and meta-ascii(5)] so
     that they can read and edited under MS-DOS (IBM character set). NL is
     converted to CR-NL, and the DOS end-of-file character SUB ("1A") is
     added. By default dosfilt writes to standard output.

     charset
          Language or character set (in the Reliant UNIX file) to be con-
          verted to the IBM character set.

          You can select any of the following languages or character sets:

          -a   Danish

          -b   Belgian

          -d   German

          -e   Spanish

          -f   French

          -g   British

          -i   Italian

          -n   Norwegian

          -s   Swedish

          -z   Swiss

          -x   This option can be used to convert a file containing ISO
               8859-1 characters to a file containing characters from the
               IBM character set [see meta-ascii(5)].

     -o outfile
          Name of the output file.








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dosfilt(1)                                                       dosfilt(1)

     file Name of the file to be converted.

          file not specified: dosfilt reads from standard input.

     To convert MS-DOS files to Reliant UNIX files you use the sinfilt(1)
     command.

     The commands sinfilt -x and dosfilt -x convert the specified files
     from the IBM character set to the ISO 8859-1 character set (sinfilt)
     and vice-versa (dosfilt). Since these two character sets do not con-
     tain exactly the same range of characters, the following restrictions
     should be noted:

     -  52 characters (including all ASCII characters and German umlauts)
        can be converted directly on a 1 : 1 basis.

     -  Some country-specific special characters in the ISO 8859-1 charac-
        ter set (44 characters in all) cannot be directly converted to
        identical characters in the IBM character set, where they do not
        appear in the same form. These characters are replaced by similar
        characters.

     -  All semigraphic characters and a large number of math and Greek
        characters in the IBM character set (a total of 63 characters with
        hex codes above 7f) cannot be converted directly to identical char-
        acters from the ISO character set. They are replaced by similar
        characters.

EXAMPLES
     Converting the Reliant UNIX file schedule in the ISO 8859-1 character
     set to the MS-DOS file SCHEDULE in the IBM character set:

     $ dosfilt -x -o SCHEDULE schedule

SEE ALSO
     sinfilt(1), ascii(5), meta-ascii(5).


















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