dBase
Gregory P. Ennis
PoMec at PoMec.Net
Sat Dec 17 00:42:04 UTC 2005
On Sat, 2005-12-17 at 01:34 +0100, Thomas Springer wrote:
> Am Freitag, den 16.12.2005, 18:02 -0600 schrieb Gregory P. Ennis:
> > Dear List,
> >
> > I have never had to use a *.dbf file in Fedora before today.
> Same here.
>
> > Can anyone
> > advise me as to a database package that will allow me to open a dbf file
> > on FC4?
> >
> $ yum search dbase
> Searching Packages:
>
>
> xbase.i386 2.0.0-3.fc4 extras
> Matched from:
> XBase is an xbase (i.e. dBase, FoxPro, etc.) compatible C++ class
> library originally by Gary Kunkel and others (see the AUTHORS file).
>
> XBase is useful for accessing data in legacy dBase 3 and 4 database
> files as well as a general light-weight database engine. It includes
> support for DBF (dBase version 3 and 4) data files, NDX and NTX indexes,
> and DBT(dBase version 3 and 4). It supports file and record locking
> under *nix OS's.
>
> You might want to
> $ yum install dbase
>
>
> Thomas
>
Thomas,
Thanks for the suggestion. Was not aware of the 'yum search' syntax
cool!!!
Greg
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