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- !FamTools - Extra utilities for !Family
-
- See individual programs for version numbers.
-
- © Denis Howe <dbh@doc.ic.ac.uk> 1993, 1994
-
- You may copy this software freely as long as you
- don't charge for it and this notice is retained.
-
- This directory contains a number of extra programs for handling GEDCOM
- files. !FamTools.!Boot sets up aliases for these commands which you should
- use from the command line, passing the name of the input file as an
- argument. Note that whereas !Family can handle either line feed or
- carriage return as a line terminator, these tools only recognise line feed.
- These utilities require gawk, the Free Software Foundation's enhanced GNU
- awk, available from an archive near you (or send me a floppy).
-
- FamGed
- ======
-
- This command converts a file in !Family v1.0x format into GEDCOM. The
- output file will have the same name as the input file but with a "G"
- appended. The converter writes a SUBM (submitter) object to the output
- file which is ignored by !Family but is required by the GEDCOM
- specification. You should change the details in this object by editting
- the print statements near the start of !FamTools.FamGedAwk or by editting
- the resulting GEDCOM files.
-
- AncGed
- ======
- This command converts a file produced by Minerva's "Ancestry" program to
- GEDCOM format. The output file will have the same name as the input file
- but with a "G" appended. This program is in BASIC so it doesn't need gawk.
-
- Report
- ======
-
- List the names, dates and notes for all the people in a file. This has
- been superseded by the Report function built-in to !Family v2.05.
-
- NumPeople
- =========
-
- Print the number of INDIviduals in a GEDCOM file.
-
- Length
- ======
-
- Print the longest line in a file.
-
- Please send bug reports (quoting version numbers) and other comments to:
-
- Denis Howe <dbh@doc.ic.ac.uk>
- 48 Anson Road, London NW2 3UU, UK
- Home: +44 (81) 450 9448
- Work: +44 (71) 589 5111 x5064
-