There are some c and perl libraries so you may need to roll your own. The other option is to try and get Foxpro running under wine. I have some friends who work at a company that still uses that format and has a lot of in house Linux experience. I'll get back you if I find anything else.
On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 11:21 PM, Shawn <sgro...@open2space.com> wrote: > So I've found all sorts of tools and tips that let me connect to a DBF file > (a table file) and convert that data to another format (csv, postgres, > mysql, etc.). That's great, that's part one of my project. But, how do I > CREATE a DBF file from Linux? Preferably from a command prompt. > > The process is like this: > 1. Import DBF file into a format we can work with, like say postgres. > 2. Manipulate the data, add some columns, etc. > 3. Dump the updated data back out to a new DBF file for processing by a > third party app. > > If it helps, I'm dealing with GIS shape files and need to add some > columns/data. > > I need an automated script to process hundreds of files in one goe. Some of > those files exceed the row limit of Open Office/Excel. > > I've searched Google and found tons on moving the data out of DBF, but > nothing on going back into it. I'm ok even with outputting to CSV first and > then to DBF, but I'm having troubles finding that even. > > Any tips? Thanks in advance. > > Shawn > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > clug-talk@clug.ca > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying > _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
