To use the –i option on the mflip command line, you must create an input file which contains the commands you would otherwise enter in response to the mflip prompts. The first line of this file must be the name you want to use for the database axis. The last line of the file must be the response to the final mflip question, O.k. to proceed? or a blank line.

For example, suppose you have four projects, North, South, East and West which you want to combine into a single project directory. If you do not use the –i option on the mflip command line, you enter data in response to mflip prompts as follows:

To achieve the same result using the –i parameter, create a file containing the following text: