#### 45.3.1 Command-line switch -f format

The DCL -f switch specifies the output format, with an optional suffix that generates additional processing for certain formats.

The -f options have the following meanings:

Format name | Optional suffix | Description
     HTML
|  | HTML 4.0
    XHTML
|  | XHTML 1.0
    HTMLHelp
    C I B
| Microsoft HTML Help
    JavaHelp
    C I B
| JavaHelp
     OracleHelp
    C I B
| Oracle Help for Java
     EclipseHelp
    C I B
| Eclipse Help
    OmniHelp
    C I B
| Cross-platform OmniHelp
    DITA
|  | DITA XML
    DocBook
|  | DocBook XML
    XML
|  | Generic XML
     Word
|  | Word 8/97
    WinHelp
|  | WinHelp 4

Merge contents and/or index

Where listed under Suffix, you can append one of the following letters to the format name (case does not matter). These suffix options apply to HTML-based Help systems for which DITA2Go can generate contents and/or index. For example: -f HTMLHelpB.

C - Merge contents

I - Merge index

B - Merge both contents and index

Letters C, I, and B represent three mutually exclusive options for the same merge operation, which can also (re-) create the project file (depending on configuration settings) while generating the other infrastructure files for the designated Help system.

Note: When you specify suffix C, I, or B for the -f argument, the input file must have extension .lst; see §45.3.3 Command-line argument input ....

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