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From: mark@drd.com (Mark Lawrence)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Flat file handler for UNIX
Message-ID: <1991Apr24.120930.926@drd.com>
Date: 24 Apr 91 12:09:30 GMT
References: <24375@well.sf.ca.us>
Organization: DRD Corporation
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In article <24375@well.sf.ca.us> drlove@well.sf.ca.us (David R. Love) writes:
>
>Does anyone know of a flat-file handler, i.e. a quasi-database that 
>works with flat ASCII files for simple retrievals and reports, and 
>that is UNIX-based?  Thanks in advance for any information. Dave Love

common question.

/rdb explained in UNIX Relational Database Management by Manis, Schaffer,
Jorgensen, Prentice-Hall 1988, ISBN 0-13-938622-x.  Available
commercially.

Jinx/cterm by Hank P. Penning available from:
archive.cs.ruu.nl (131.211.80.5)  pub/UNIX/jinx.shar.Z or via 
mail-server@cs.ruu.nl by sending a message containing:

begin
send cterm.shar
send jinx.shar
send jinx.ps
end

the postscript file contains a paper describing jinx.

Enjoy --
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