Omni Systems, Inc. Mif2Go User's Guide, Version 55
> 38 Generating intermediate output > 38.2 Generating MIF output > 38.2.1 Understanding how MIF files are generated
The Mif2Go MIF output type was designed to work with CVS revision-management software, to store full FrameMaker books. Special features make it possible to seamlessly reload the stored files into FrameMaker:
.fm
files, rather than receiving new paths
relative to the new location. This is different from FrameMaker File
> Save As... behavior, which alters paths; a feature
that can make reloading MIF files a nightmare.
.fm
extension, so they load from the MIF (or native FrameMaker) book file.
Mif2Go first creates the MIF files in the same directory with your FrameMaker document files, using temporary file extensions; then moves the MIF files to the project directory, and changes the file extensions to whatever you specify. This two-step process accomplishes the following:
.backup
files in the project directory. Any previous copies in the project directory
are overwritten by the move.
Mif2Go does not support FrameMaker books that contain chapter files in other directories. MIF files are always written to a single outp[ut directory.