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- From: michaelh@g2syd.genasys.com.au (Michael Haldey)
- Newsgroups: comp.databases
- Subject: Re: dbf format
- Message-ID: <1992Aug31.054525.2065@g2syd.genasys.com.au>
- Date: 31 Aug 92 05:45:25 GMT
- References: <PPOH.92Aug28171027@amethyst.tcs.tufts.edu>
- Organization: Genasys II, Sydney, Australia
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- In article <PPOH.92Aug28171027@amethyst.tcs.tufts.edu> ppoh@amethyst.tcs.tufts.edu (Paul B. Poh) writes:
- >
- >I wondering if there is a paper or book that describes the dBASE database
- >and index format. Since there are multiple vendors offering products that
- >claim to be compatible with the dBASE dbf format, am I correct in assuming
- >that the file format is public domain. Or do all these folks just reverse
- >engineer the stuff.
- >
- >Any thing that describes Clipper or Foxpro index format would also be great.
- >
- >--
- >Paul Poh Unix Systems Programmer
- >ppoh@amethyst.tcs.tufts.edu Computer Services, Tufts University
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- R. Spence Programming in Clipper 5. Chapter 11 (dbf, ndx, dbt formats).
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- Michael
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