# Poliqarp Manual

&p;

1 &version;

&p;

Poliqarp binary corpus converter

    		&p;

    			-h
    			--help
    			-v
    			--version

    		&p;
    		option
    		corpus-base-name

## Background

Poliqarp 1.3 lifts limitations on corpora sizes: it should be possible to build and process any reasonable corpus up to 2G segments. Unfortunately, the binary corpus format needed to be changed.

You can check version of your corpus by inspecting the ``*`.cdf` file:

- lack of the ``*`.cdf` indicates the old format;

- `version = 1` string indicates the old format;

- `version = 2` string indicates the new one.

Sakura, the underlying library, does no longer support the old format. However, &p;, the conversion utility is provided.

## Description

&p; converts a legacy (version 1) binary Poliqarp corpus to the new format (version 2).

Note that &p; modifies corpora in place. Please backup your data!

## Options

`-h`

`--help`

- Display help and exit.

`-v`

`--version`

- Output version information and exit.

`-q`

`--quiet`

- Be quiet, suppress progress information.