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.\" Title: megatron
.\" Author: [FIXME: author] [see http://docbook.sf.net/el/author]
-.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.75.2 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
-.\" Date: 8 Jan 1992
-.\" Manual: Netatalk 2.2
-.\" Source: Netatalk 2.2
+.\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.78.0 <http://docbook.sf.net/>
+.\" Date: 02 Sep 2011
+.\" Manual: Netatalk 3.0
+.\" Source: Netatalk 3.0
.\" Language: English
.\"
-.TH "MEGATRON" "1" "8 Jan 1992" "Netatalk 2.2" "Netatalk 2.2"
+.TH "MEGATRON" "1" "02 Sep 2011" "Netatalk 3.0" "Netatalk 3.0"
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" * Define some portability stuff
+.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
+.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+.\" http://bugs.debian.org/507673
+.\" http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/groff/2009-02/msg00013.html
+.\" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+.ie \n(.g .ds Aq \(aq
+.el .ds Aq '
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
.\" * set default formatting
.\" -----------------------------------------------------------------
\fBnetatalk\fR
Apple Filing Protocol (AppleShare) server\&. BinHex, MacBinary, and AppleSingle are commonly used formats for transferring Macintosh files between machines via email or file transfer protocols\&.
\fBmegatron\fR
-uses its name to determine what type of tranformation is being asked of it\&.
+uses its name to determine what type of transformation is being asked of it\&.
.PP
If
\fBmegatron\fR
,
\fBunbin\fR
or
-\fBunsingle\fR, it tries to convert file(s) from BinHex, MacBinary, or AppleSingle into AppleDouble format\&. BinHex is the format most often used to send Macintosh files by e\-mail\&. Usually these files have an extension of "\&.hqx"\&. MacBinary is the format most often used by terminal emulators "on the fly" when transferring Macintosh files in binary mode\&. MacBinary files often have an extension of "\&.bin"\&. Some Macintosh LAN\-based email packages use uuencoded AppleSingle format to "attach" or "enclose" files in email\&. AppleSingle files don\'t have a standard filename extension\&.
+\fBunsingle\fR, it tries to convert file(s) from BinHex, MacBinary, or AppleSingle into AppleDouble format\&. BinHex is the format most often used to send Macintosh files by e\-mail\&. Usually these files have an extension of "\&.hqx"\&. MacBinary is the format most often used by terminal emulators "on the fly" when transferring Macintosh files in binary mode\&. MacBinary files often have an extension of "\&.bin"\&. Some Macintosh LAN\-based email packages use uuencoded AppleSingle format to "attach" or "enclose" files in email\&. AppleSingle files don\*(Aqt have a standard filename extension\&.
.PP
If
\fBmegatron\fR
\fBsingle2bin\fR, or
\fBmacbinary\fR, it will try to convert the file(s) from BinHex, AppleSingle, or AppleDouble into MacBinary\&. This last translation may be useful in moving Macintosh files from your
\fBafpd\fR
-server to some other machine when you can\'t copy them from the server using a Macintosh for some reason\&.
+server to some other machine when you can\*(Aqt copy them from the server using a Macintosh for some reason\&.
.PP
If
\fBmegatron\fR
.PP
If no source file is given, or if
\fIsourcefile\fR
-is `\fB\-\fR\', and if the conversion is from a BinHex or MacBinary file,
+is `\fB\-\fR\*(Aq, and if the conversion is from a BinHex or MacBinary file,
\fBmegatron\fR
will read from standard input\&.
.PP
The filename used to store any output file is the filename that is encoded in the source file\&. MacBinary files are created with a "\&.bin" extension\&. In the case of conflicts, the old file is overwritten!
+.SH "OPTIONS"
+.PP
+\fB\-v, \-\-version\fR
+.RS 4
+Show version\&.
+.RE
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.PP
\fBafpd\fR(8)