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From: lipka@mcshh.hanse.de (Michael Lipka)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: dBase/Clipper-clone needed
Summary: cheap dbase-clone needed for old msdos-programms
Keywords: dbase clipper PD
Message-ID: <8257@mcshh.hanse.de>
Date: 12 Oct 90 16:49:57 GMT
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Hi everybody out there!

There's been an article written by someone asking for a *ix-dBase. 
I've read this newsgroup very frequently but there was never any 
answer to this question. 
I have three applications, written for a dBase3+-clone, running 
under *dos and I need them! But it is very inconvenient to 
shutdown *ix twice a week and then again hack those data first 
collected under *ix and copied to *dos. 
Yes I know, dBase it not the right choice for *ix, but I wouldn't 
like to rewrite the command-scripts in C or awk, now they are 
stable at last. 
Many PD-pools hold several dBase-clones for *dos, each in the range 
of $40-$80, but for *ix I couldn't find one (although it should be 
easy to write a Clipper-like dBase-compiler for an expert in LEX / 
YACC???) 
Any help would be greatly appreciated. (But not of the form "send 
$1000 to Ashton Tate..." please ;-) )

Michael
                                                    
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