RODBC for importing dbf

Hi
I know that it is very easy to import data from a dbf file to R, by
saving the data as csv, for instance. However, I have several hundreds
of files to do that. So, I thought of using RODBC to read the dbf files
and save it as data.frame. However, I cannot even start (this is my
first time using such package):

library(RODBC)
bdades <- odbcConnect("prova.DBF")

Warning message:
ODBC connection failed in: odbcConnect("prova.DBF")

dir(pattern="pr")

[1] "prova.DBF"

My idea was to use sqlFetch(bdades) to create an R data.frame.
I'm using R on Windows. I can open the file prova.DBF with Excel without
any problem. What I'm doing wrong? Any comment or suggestion will be
welcome.

You have to go through documentation for RODBC thoroughly.

To use RODBC you need to do some preliminary setting in Windows Control 
Panel and only after that odbcConnect("file") opens a "connection" to a "file".

Than you can use sqlQuery or maybe some other commands to fetch your data to 
R.

But I am a little bit in doubt if it is the easiest way for importing data from several 
hundreds of files. 

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