[R] Re: read dbf files into R

[Barry Rowlingson]

Vikas Rawal wrote:
> 
> Is there a linux-based/free command line tool for converting dbf files 
> into txt? 

  If you really want to do this, and you dont really need this read dbfs 
into R, there's "dbfdump" in the shapefile library.

   http://shapelib.maptools.org/

   http://shapelib.maptools.org/shapelib-tools.html#dbfdump

> I should be much better to directly read a dbf file 
> and use its database structure definition to ensure that data come into 
> R correctly.

  Several solutions posted to R-help recently.

Barry