.\" dtaus - Converter for DTAUS files
-.\" Copyright (c) 2000 Martin Schulze <joey@infodrom.north.de>
+.\" Copyright (c) 2000,1 Martin Schulze <joey@infodrom.org>
.\"
.\" This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/ormodify
.\" it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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.\"
-.TH DTAUS 5 "4 January 2000" "" ""
+.TH DTAUS 5 "17 November 2001" "" ""
.SH NAME
dtaus \- Converter for DTAUS files
.SH DESCRIPTION
The
.BR dtaus (1)
-program reads and writes German DTAUS files. DTAUS is an acronym for
+program reads and writes German DTAUS files. DTAUS is an semi-acronym for
.BR D aten T räger AUS tausch.
It is used by German credit institutes in order to implement money
exchanges between accounts and credit institutes. These files are
always called
-.IR dtaus0.txt .
+.IR DTAUS0.TXT .
Since they are shipped in a weird ascii format that is not quite
-readable and writable for humans a special control format was
-implemented. The
+readable and writable for human beings a special control format was
+invented. The
.BR dtaus (1)
program reads and writes such a control file and generates a proper
-DTAUS file if requested.
-
+DTAUS file if requested or decodes one.
.SH "CONTROL FILE"
-The control file implements a very simple format. Empty lines and
-those beginning with a hash (`#') mark are ignored. The remaining
-file is splitted into three major parts: one BEGIN record, several
-regular records and one optional END record, which is ignored when the
-file is read but is extracted from the
-.I dtaus0.txt
-file.
+The control file implements a very simple format which was invented
+only for use with the
+.BR dtaus (1)
+program. Like with many *nix configuration files empty lines and
+those beginning with a hash mark (``#'') are ignored. The remaining
+file is splitted into three major parts: one BEGIN record
+(representing the A record), several regular records (representing C
+records) and one optional END record (representing the E record),
+which is ignored when the control file is read but is extracted from
+the bank file if one is decoded.
Here's a short sample for a control file:
BEGIN {
- Art LK
+ Art \fItype\fR
Name Martin Schulze
Konto 123545
BLZ 2004002
+ Ausfuehrung 23.12.2001
+ Euro
}
{
- Transaktion Einzug
+ Transaktion \fItransaction\fR
Name Martha Schulze
Konto 98832
BLZ 2004003
...
-German Umlauts are converted on the fly so you don't need to care
-about them. Since the
-.I dtaus0.txt
+Please note that several field names are used in both the BEGIN and
+the regular record. When used in the BEGIN record they denote your
+name and your bank account. When used in a regular record they are
+affiliated with your customers data.
+
+You may use up to 15 fields entitled as
+.BR Text .
+They will be recorded one by one and stored into additional data
+records using the same order. This way you could add a detailed
+description of the type of money transfer if you like. The contents
+of the field
+.B Zweck
+are most probably what the customer will see on their bank statements.
+
+The field
+.B Ausfuehrung
+is optional and denotes the day when the entire transaction should be
+processed. The date has to be given as DD.MM.YYYY and will be
+translated into the resulting bank file literally. It may not be
+younger than the creation date of the file which will automatically be
+inserted by
+.BR dtaus (1).
+The processing date also may not be more than 15 years later than the
+creation date.
+.SS Explanation of type
+One of the following:
+.TP
+.I LK
+Lastschrift Kundenseitig
+.TP
+.I GK
+Gutschrift Kundenseitig
+.TP
+.I LB
+Lastschrift Bankseitig
+.TP
+.I GB
+Gutschrift Bangseitig
+.SS Explanation of transaction
+One of the following:
+.TP
+.I Einzug
+Bankeinzug
+.TP
+.I Gutschrift
+Überweisung
+.PP
+You may only use one of these for the entire file. You are not
+allowed to switch between Einzug and Gutschrift within the same file.
+If you require the credit institute to process both types, you'll have
+to provide two separate diskettes.
+.SS "Support for Euro"
+From January 1st 2002 the currency in many European countries, Germany
+is among these, changes to Euro. Hence, money transfer changes from DM
+(formerly known as ``Deutsche Mark'') to Euro. The format
+specification of DTAUS was meant for DM but was modified in 2001 to
+support Euro as well. The current version of
+.BR dtaus (1)
+supports both currencies. It defaults to using DM, however. To
+switch to Euro, simply add the keyword
+.B Euro
+to the BEGIN record.
+.SS "Character Encoding"
+German Umlauts are converted into two 7-bit characters on the fly so you
+don't need to care about them. Since the
+.I DTAUS0.TXT
file only uses uppercase letters every text is also converted to
uppercase.
Except for the way records are delimited the format should be self
explanatory.
-
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-DTAUS files use a special but simple and freely documented format.
-It is included in the distribution of dtaus as
+.BR dtaus (1).
+
+DTAUS files use a special but simple and publically documented format.
+It is included in the distribution of
+.BR dtaus (1)
+as
.IR dtaus.txt .
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