Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!muvms3!smith From: smith@muvms3.bitnet (Phil smith) Newsgroups: comp.databases Subject: Re: Need Help With dBase Message-ID: <48922@muvms3.bitnet> Date: 27 May 91 18:54:47 GMT References: Organization: Marshall University Lines: 40 In article , bannon@andromeda.rutgers.edu (Ron Bannon) writes: > I'd like to upload some dBase files from an IBM XT to a UNIX system and then > convert them into tab delimited ASCII files. I have no knowledge of dBase > and need advice on the best way to accomplish this task. If all else fails > I will download the dBase files from the UNIX system to my MAC for > translation, the MAC has a translator program that will do the conversion. > > I would greatly appreciate any help or advice. > > Thanks, > Ron Bannon > bannon@andromeda.rutgers.edu > bannon@math.rutgers.edu -- Ron, Dbase has an option to the 'Copy' command that allows you to create delimited files. I am not sure extactly how you would specify a tab but the command is: Copy to {filename} delimited with {delimiter} note: 1: {} are mine 2: be sure to supply an extension to the newly created file. Hope this helps. Phil ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Phil Smith BITNET: Smith@Marshall Senior Systems Analyst Internet: Smith@Marshall.edu Marshall University Smith@Muvms3.wvnet.edu University Computer Center Phone/voice: (304) 696-2591 Prichard Hall FAX: (304) 696-3601 Huntington, WV 25755-5320 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Opinions? My employer doesn't allow me to have any - these are borrowed.