Message-ID: <5.0.2.1.2.20050306083910.02493f58@utinam.univ-fcomte.fr>
Date: 2005-03-06T07:44:17Z
From: Patrick Giraudoux
Subject: maptools, filename writing shapefiles
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0503051940320.30319-100000@reclus.nhh.no>
>says (p. 6): "All file names adhere to the 8.3 naming convention. The main
>file, the index file, and the dBASE file have the same prefix. The prefix
>must start with an alphanumeric character (aZ, 09), followed by zero or up
>to seven characters (aZ, 09, _, -). The suffix for the main file is .shp.
>The suffix for the index file is .shx. The suffix for the dBASE table is
>.dbf."
So, the number of characters was the trouble origin (... up to 7
characters). Easy to manage when known. This also means that ESRI
ArcGISdoes not itself comply to the standard since one can use much more
than 7 characters naming shapefiles from there....
Thanks a lot for maptools (those fonctions to write shapefiles are really
useful) and the clarification.
All the best,
Patrick