dbf2ascii.1

应用平台 UNIX 一个转换DBF数据库文件的数据到ASCII文本文件的Shell程序.这个包含SCO UNIX下的目标程序和C源程序.

.TH DBF2ASCII 1 "May 1997"
.SH NAME
dbf2ascii \- convert dBase files to ascii format
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B "dbf2ascii [-s\fIseparator\fP] [-t] [-d] [-n] [-f\fIlist\fP] \fIfile\fP"
.PP
This tool reads a dBase database file and outputs all records in
an ASCII format. The purpose of the program is to easily port your
old-style DOS database files into a Unix system.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B -s\fIseparator\fP
Defines the separator to put between fields. If not given, uses a
tabulator. Make sure that this separator doesn't appear anywhere
in the database (example: "-s:").
.TP
.B -t
Truncates fields. Whitespace at the beginning and end of a
fixed-length numerical or string field are thrown away.
.TP
.B -d
Also prints records that have the "deleted" flag set.
.TP
.B -n
Prints column headings on the first line.
.TP
.B -f\fIlist\fP
Only print selected columns. The list is in the same format as for
.I cut 
(1).
.SH WRITTEN BY
Frank Pilhofer <[e-mail]>.
.PP
This is "Like it or Loathe it"-Ware. It works
for me, and I'm not terribly interested in improving it. Have fun
hacking the source.
.SH SEE ALSO
http://www.uni-frankfurt.de/~fp/
.PP
For the DBF file format, see http://www.wotsit.demon.co.uk/
.PP
Have a look of PostgreSQL http://postgreSQL.org/ as a free
Unix-based SQL database system.