SF2DB(1)                 USER COMMANDS                   SF2DB(1)



NAME
     sf2db - make a new ascii database ".db" file from an old dct
     short form report

SYNOPSIS
     sf2db name < short_form_rpt > db_file

AVAILABILITY
     The tool in available under Unix from the EPICS  application
     directory provided by getrel in release 3.11 or greater.

DESCRIPTION
     This tool reads a dct short form report file  from  standard
     in  and  writes  a ".db" (new ascii database format) file to
     standard out.  A name must be given for the  database.   The
     name specified is used to name the ".database" file when the
     ".db" file is converted to a binary ".database".

     The output of this tool can be imported to gdct(1) for edit-
     ting.

EXAMPLE USAGE
     sf2db test < old.short.form > new.db

     This command will read old.short.form and produce  the  file
     new.db.   When  new.db  is fed into db2database(1), a binary
     database file will be created named test.database.

SEE ALSO
     gdct(1), db2database(1), dbLoadRecords(3), dbfile(5),

     GDCT User's Manual























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