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Last modified: 12 September 1995
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NAME
firstbase - run FirstBase menu shell
SYNOPSIS
firstbase
[-d database] [-i index]
[-s screen]
[-v view]
DESCRIPTION
The firstbase command (also executed as fb)
runs the FirstBase
menu shell using a provided menu file. This menu file provides
an entry point to all of the FirstBase tools, and a few of the
standard UNIX
tools. The name of a database, index, and screen can be optionally
provided. See
dbshell(1) for more details.
The firstbase command
is actually best implemented as an alias of the command
dbshell.
However, firstbase is released as a simple shell script, located in the
scripts directory within the firstbase home directory ($FIRSTBASEHOME,
the installation directory).
Note that any FirstBase utility may be run directly from the
command line.
See the FirstBase User's Guide for an exact picture of the MAIN menu
screen.
FILES
-
dbase
-
default name of FirstBase database and screen.
-
index
-
default name of FirstBase index.
-
*.cdb
-
actual FirstBase database.
-
*.map
-
record map of FirstBase database.
-
*.idx
-
index for FirstBase database.
-
*.ddict
-
dictionary for FirstBase database.
-
*.idict
-
dictionary for FirstBase index.
-
*.sdict
-
dictionary for FirstBase screen.
-
*.idict?
-
dictionary for FirstBase generators.
-
$FIRSTBASEHOME/menu/*
-
standard FirstBase menu shell files.
SEE ALSO
firstbase(5)
FirstBase User's Guide and Reference Manual.
URL: http://www.firstbasesoftware.com/man/man1/firstbase.htm
Last modified: 12 September 1995
Copyright © by FirstBase Software.
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