XB_DUMPRECS(1)

📦 version 4.2.6, in fedora 44

💖 XB_DUMPRECS 💖

okay bestie, so this is xb_dumprecs — a General Commands Manual girly from the GNU universe, and she has ONE job: dump records from a version 3 or 4 DBF data file into csv format. that's it. that's the whole vibe. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

xb_dumprecs — a program to dump records in csv format from a version 3 or 4 DBF data file. no cap, that's literally what it says on the tin. 💅

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

xb_dumprecs -t myfile.DBF

xb_dumprecs -h

xb_dumprecs -v

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so like, xb_dumprecs dumps records from an xbase formatted table sitting inside a .DBF file, and it sends all of that straight to stdout. the output? csv. chef's kiss.

and if you speak RDBMS, here's the translation for you: each *.DBF file would be a table. periodt. 👑

🌈 OVERVIEW 🌈

the Xbase64 library is out here providing various utility programs and a whole set of C++ classes for application programming — we're talking reading, writing and updating DBF database files, NDX and MDX index files, and DBT memo files. it's giving main character energy fr fr.

Version 4.x.x has been tested for compatability with dBASE III (TM), dBASE IV (TM) and dBASE 5 (TM) version data files and indices: *.DBF (data), *.NDX (single tag index), *.MDX (multi tag index) and *.DBT (memo).

and here's the tea: memo field, OLE field and Binary field data is stored in a seperate DBT file, and the output from this program references the block number these data fields are stored in the DBT file. so when you see a block number in your output, that's why. iykyk. 💜

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -h, -?, --help — display help information. three whole ways to ask for help bc we're inclusive. 🫶
  • -v, --version — display version information. gotta know which era of the library you're living in. ⭐
  • -t myfile.DBF — DBF file to print to stdout. this is the one you actually want, bestie.
  • -d x — Delimiter — default is comma ','. so if commas aren't your thing, swap in your own little guy. 🎀

🍓 FILES 🍓

  • *.DBF

💅 AUTHORS 💅

  • Gary Kunkel <xdb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

the whole friend group. go say hi. 🌸

💀 REPORTING BUGS 💀

found a bug? not me being dramatic but please tell someone:

  • <xdb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>
lowkey reminder: this page is GNU and dated 2023-11-18 — that's the source/version + date energy right there, bestie.

and that's the whole page. go dump some records, you icon. 🦋💖✨

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