dbfcreate - Man Page
Create an empty xBase DBF file
Synopsis
dbfcreate xbase_file [[-s field_name width] | [-n field_name width decimals],...]
Description
Creates an empty DBF file called xbase_file with columns described by all the -s and -n options that follow.
Options
- xbase_file
the name of xBase file to be created. Doesn´t need the extension.
- -s field_name width
creates a string field with name field_name and size width.
- -n field_name width decimals
creates a numeric field with name field_name, width of width and with decimals places sized by decimals.
Example
dbfcreate testbase -s NAME 20, -n AREA 9 3, -n VALUE 9 2
this will create a file named testbase.dbf with 3 fields: NAME (string (20)), AREA (float (9,3)) and VALUE (float (9,2))
Exit Status
Diagnostics
The following diagnostics may be issued on stdout:
DBFCreate(xbase_file) failed.
DBFAddField(field_name,FTString,width,0) failed.
DBFAddField(field_name,FTDouble,width,decimals) failed.
Argument incomplete, or unrecognised: arg
Author
dbfcreate is part of shapelib, maintained by Frank Warmerdam. This guide was created by Eduardo Patoo Kanegae and converted to manpage by Johan Van de Wauw. It was further enhanced with the man page written by Joonas Pihlaja (jpihlaja@cc.helsinki.fi).
See Also
dbfadd(1), dbfcat(1), dbfdump(1), dbfinfo(1), shpadd(1), shpcat(1), shpcentrd(1), shpcreate(1), shpdump(1), shpdxf(1), shpfix(1), shpinfo(1), shpproj(1), shprewind(1), shptest(1)
Referenced By
dbfadd(1), dbfcat(1), dbfdump(1), dbfinfo(1), Shape_PointInPoly(1), shpadd(1), shpcat(1), shpcentrd(1), shpcreate(1), shpdata(1), shpdump(1), shpdxf(1), shpfix(1), shpinfo(1), shpproj(1), shprewind(1), shpsort(1), shptest(1), shptreedump(1), shpwkb(1).