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## C.1 Locating document and conversion files

When you use Mif2Go to convert a FrameMaker document, you specify a project directory for converted and generated document files (see §2.6 Establishing a conversion environment). By default, Mif2Go places output files in the input directory: the directory where your FrameMaker document is located. If you accept the default (not recommended), the project directory for your conversion is the same as the input directory. It is better practice to create a different directory for output files. Table C-1 shows what document files are in which directory.

Table C-1 Location of document files

Directory | File name | Description
Input | MyDoc.book (& *.fm) or MyDoc.fm | Your original FrameMaker document
Output | MyDoc.mif (& *.mif) | Your FrameMaker document in MIF format (unless you instruct Mif2Go to delete MIF files)
*.rtf or *.htm, etc. | Converted and generated document file(s), in the output format you specify

Mif2Go also creates several conversion files, and places some in the input directory, some in the project directory. Table C-2 lists the basic conversion files in each directory. For more information see §C.2 Identifying conversion files.

Table C-2 Location of conversion files

Directory | File name | Description
Input | MyDoc.prj | Project information Mif2Go creates for your FrameMaker document
mif2go.ini | List of FileIDs assigned to the files Mif2Go generates from your FrameMaker document (not produced if you select FrameMIF as the output type)
Output | _m2g_log.txt | Conversion event log (optional)
_m2 output.ini | Configuration file containing settings to produce the output file(s); put there by Mif2Go if you convert via FrameMaker, or by you (or a script you provide) if you convert via command line
*.grx | Graphics information entries for each file in your document that contains graphics which you direct Mif2Go to export via FrameMaker filters—even if you check Do not write graphics on the Export dialog
*.ref | Cross-reference entries for each file in your document (HTML output only)

You might find other conversion files in the project directory as well, depending on the type of output you specify and the conversion options you select. See §C.2.3 Additional conversion files.