The usage says that the default value of -progress is true, but it actually
works as -progress false.

% java -version
java version "1.4.0"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.0-b92)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.0-b92, mixed mode)
% HtmlConverter -help

Usage: HtmlConverter [-option1 value1 [-option2 value2 [...]]] [-simulate] [filespecs]

where options include:

    -source: Path to get original files. Default: <userdir>
    -dest: Path to write converted files. Default: <userdir>
    -backup: Path to write backup files. Default: <dirname>_BAK
    -f: Force overwrite backup files.
    -subdirs: Should files in subdirectories be processed.
    -template: Path to template file. Use default if unsure.
    -log: Path to write log. If not provided, no log is written.
    -progress: Display progress while converting. Default: true
    -simulate: Display the specifics to the conversion without converting.
    -latest: Use the latest JRE supporting the release mimetype.
    -gui: Display the graphical user interface for the converter.

    filespecs: Space delimited list of files specs. Default: "*.html *.htm" (quotes required)

% cd htmls
% HtmlConverter -subdirs *.html
% cp ../htmls_BAK/*.html .
% HtmlConverter -subdirs -progress true *.html
Applet Conversion February 19, 2002 3:08:50 PM JST
/tmp/htmls/TextDisplay_utf.html Processing...A backup copy already exists for...

/tmp/htmls/TextDisplay_utf.html
Done Applets Found: 1
/tmp/htmls/TextDisplay_euc.html Processing...A backup copy already exists for...

/tmp/htmls/TextDisplay_euc.html
Done Applets Found: 1
/tmp/htmls/TextDisplay_sjis.html Processing...A backup copy already exists for...

/tmp/htmls/TextDisplay_sjis.html
Done Applets Found: 1
All Done Files Processed: 3 Applets Found: 3
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