dBase

[Gregory P. Ennis]

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