Re: contrib/dbase

> I just looked at the source for dbase. I have a long hacked version of
> this. The one in contrib is based on a newer version of what I have been
> using.
>
> It is funny, because I made some of the same changes to mine as are in
> the one in contrib, with a few exceptions.
>
> usage: dbf2pg [options] filename.dbf
> Options
> -h hostname, host name of PostgreSQL server
> -y translate field name, oldname=newname
> -z translate data type, fieldname=datatype
> -d dbase
> -t table_name
> -p prefix, prepends prefix to default table name
> [-c | -D] Create or delete
> -f convert field names to lower case
> [-u | -l] Converts data to upper or lower case,
> respectively
> -v[v] sets verbosity
>
>
> Who contributed it? Did Maarten Boekhold? I would like to merge my data
> type and table prefix code into the main tree, if this is where it will
> now be officially maintained.

contrib/README shows:

dbase -
Converts from dbase/xbase to PostgreSQL
by Ivan Baldo, lubaldo(at)adinet(dot)com(dot)uy

Yes, please send in your improvements and we will add them.

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