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> I have a dbf database of my vinyl records that sqlite probably cannot
> handle (unless there is some way to convert dbf to sql).

I can't figure out how to use xdb - it appears to be a set of libraries 
and other things for programmers, not a viewer/editor.

CDBF for linux is so buggy that it cannot even properly convert to SQL (it 
puts the same string at the start of each line 'import into ....') or 
maybe I just don't know how to use the output.

I searched for other dbf viewers/editors.

dbf2sql - enormous number of dependencies such as rpmlib postgresql-libs 
libpam libpq openssl libssl.....  and inserts dbf files into sql tables.
There are several shareware convertors for Windows but I don't feel like 
learning sql.

dbview - very small (under 10K package) viewer only, not editor.  Only 
shows one entire record at a time one field above the other, followed by 
the next (use 'less').  I would be better off exporting dbf to text form 
(which CDBF does do properly).

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dollybase - 2005 prealpha version.

The program is supposed to view, edit, and export dbf files (to SQL, CSV, 
HTML) and import PostgreSQL.

 It won't compile (in BL2, where I have ncurses as required)
Compiles the libraries and then gets stuck:
gcc -w -I ./src/header -I ./libdbase -I ./src/lxdialog
src/dbase.c -o dbase libdbase/.libs/libdbase_0.1_s.a
src/cdk/libcdk.a -lcurse -ll -lmenu -lform
/usr/i386-slackware-linux/bin/ld:  cannot find -ll

Exited with Error 1 after compiling libdbase libraries correctly (I also 
compiled them in a separate package).

I removed the -ll from two places in Makefile and it then compiled but 
would not work ('This kink [sic] of file' is not supported, even its own 
sample file).  It did display things in overlapping console 'windows' but 
would not view any dbf files.

What is -ll?  An online search was not helpful/understandable. Am I 
missing some piece needed to compile?  It uses flex which I do have, and 
ar and ncurses and curses.

Steven, could you compile this program for BL3.50?  I can't be the only BL 
user with leftover .dbf files from DOS.  The only three DOS programs I 
still use are Wordperfect, a small CAD program, and a couple of database 
viewers/editors (CDBF in DOS is less buggy than in linux).

dollybase-0.1-prealpha-noruntime.tar.gz is the source code