+.\" dtaus - Converter for DTAUS files
+.\" Copyright (c) 1998 Martin Schulze <joey@infodrom.north.de>
+.\"
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+.\"
+.TH DTAUS 1 "5 July 1998" "" ""
+.SH NAME
+dtaus \- Converter for DTAUS files
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B dtaus
+.RB [ " \-d "
+.IR dtaus " ]"
+.RB [ " \-c "
+.IR control " ]"
+.RB [ " \-b "
+.IR begleit " ]"
+.RB [ " \-o "
+.IR kontroll " ]"
+.BR -dtaus " | " -control
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+This program can read and write german DTAUS files. DTAUS is an
+acronym for
+.BR D aten T räger AUS tausch.
+It is used by german credit institutes in order to manage money
+exchanges between accounts and credit institutes.
+
+.SH OPTIONS
+You have to specify at one of
+.BR \-dtaus " or " \-control .
+
+ -dtaus Erzeugt eine Bankdatei
+ -control Liest eine Bankdatei und erzeugt die Kontrolldateien
+
+ -d <dtaus> Bankdatei [dtaus0.txt]
+ -c <control> Steuerdatei [dtaus0.ctl]
+ -b <begleit> Begleitzettel für die Bank dtaus0.doc]
+ -o <kontroll> Kontrolldatei zum Abheften [dtaus0.sik]
+
+.SH "CONTROL FILE"
+The control file has a very simple format. Empty lines and those
+beginning with a hash mark are ignored. The remainder is splitted
+into three parts, one BEGIN record, several regular records and one
+END record, which is being ignored and created by the program.
+
+For a complete description please refer to
+.I dtaus.txt
+from this distribution. Here's a short example for a control file:
+
+ BEGIN {
+ Art LK
+ Name Martin Schulze
+ Konto 123545
+ BLZ 2004002
+ }
+
+ {
+ Transaktion Einzug
+ Name Martha Schulze
+ Konto 98832
+ BLZ 2004003
+ Betrag 20.00
+ Zweck Gebühr Wohnheimnetz
+ Text Anschluss u. 11+12.97
+ }
+
+ ...
+
+If you think this description suxx or isn't enough please sit down for
+some hours and write something better. I'll get included if it's
+appropriate.
+
+.SH "RETURN VALUES"
+On success, zero is returned. On error, 1 is returned.
+
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+DTAUS files use a special but simple and freely documented format.
+It is included in the distribution of dtaus as dtaus.txt.