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NAME
dbfcreate - Create an empty xBase DBF file
SYNOPSIS
dbfcreate filename[[-s fieldname width] | [-n fieldname width decimals]]...
DESCRIPTION
Creates an empty DBF file called filename with columns described by all the -s and -n options that follow.
OPTIONS
-s fieldname width
adds a column named fieldname taking textual values of at most width characters.
-n fieldname width decimals
adds a column named fieldname taking numeric values of at most width digits and precision of at most decimals decimal places. The
number of digits of precision should be included in width.
EXIT STATUS
0 Successful program execution.
1 Missing filename argument.
2 Failed to create the file filename for writing.
3 Missing fieldname,width, or decimals argument for a -s or -n option.
4 Failed to add a column given by a -s or -n option.
DIAGNOSTICS
The following diagnostics may be issued on stdout:
DBFCreate(filename) failed.
DBFAddField(fieldname,FTString,width,0) failed.
DBFAddField(fieldname,FTDouble,width,decimals) failed.
Argument incomplete, or unrecognised: arg
AUTHORS
Frank Warmerdam (warmerdam@pobox.com) is the maintainer of the shapelib shapefile library. Joonas Pihlaja (jpihlaja@cc.helsinki.fi) wrote
this man page.
SEE ALSO
dbfadd(1), dbfdump(1), dbf_dump(1), shpadd(1), shpcreate(1), shpdump(1), shprewind(1)
shapelib OCTOBER 2004 SHAPELIB(1)