You may want to look at a C library here: http://dbase.sourceforge.net/ and at a Java library here: http://dans-dbf-lib.sourceforge.net/
Never used them myself but they look like they might be what you're looking for. On Tue, 2011-03-22 at 07:07 -0600, John Jardine wrote: > Hi Shawn, > > It's been alot of years since I worked with DBFs (Clipper mostly). If > you get stuck I can probably find/re-write/adapt code for this purpose. > My memory says the only awkward part were "Memo" fields the others were > straight forward fixed length fields. > > DBFs were defined in the days before things like constraints and > referential integrity so a much simpler problem. > > Do you need to create indexes on the new files, or do you just need the > files themselves? > > Cheers, > J.J. > > > > On Mon, 2011-03-21 at 23:21 -0600, Shawn 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 _______________________________________________ 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
