See http://www.e-bachmann.dk/docs/xbase.htm; this format is referred to as "Xbase" by gnumeric as well --- shared-mime-info-0.16/freedesktop.org.xml.in.old 2005-04-27 19:19:20.000000000 +0200 +++ shared-mime-info-0.16/freedesktop.org.xml.in 2005-04-27 19:20:02.000000000 +0200 @@ -569,9 +569,12 @@ </magic> <glob pattern="*.csh"/> </mime-type> - <mime-type type="application/x-dbase"> - <_comment>dBASE document</_comment> + <mime-type type="application/x-dbf"> + <_comment>Xbase document</_comment> <glob pattern="*.dbf"/> + <alias type="application/x-dbase"/> + <alias type="application/dbf"/><!-- Not officially registered with IANA --> + <alias type="application/dbase"/><!-- Not officially registered with IANA --> </mime-type> <mime-type type="application/x-dbm"> <magic priority="50">
Thanks for your bug report and sorry for the late response! Why did you change the comment to "Xbase document"? I wonder whether dBASE-like file formats use the same extension. According to [1], "Xbase is a complex of data files (.DBF), indexes (NDX, MDX, CDX etc.) and eventually note files (DBT) for storing large amounts of formatted data in a structured form. " [1] http://www.e-bachmann.dk/~e-bachmann/computing/databases/xbase/index.shtml.en
(In reply to comment #1) > Why did you change the comment to "Xbase document"? To reflect the fact that this file format is used by products of several vendors (not just Ashton-Tate's dBase) and that there is no clear single owner who controls this format. > I wonder whether dBASE-like file formats use the same extension. Based on the products listed in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbase and subsequent queries http://www.google.com/search?q=clipper++.dbf http://www.google.com/search?q=foxpro++.dbf http://www.google.com/search?q=recital++.dbf http://www.google.com/search?q=flagship++.dbf and a sponsored link for dbf-recover.com, it seems that ".dbf" is the typical extension for these files or that at least the term ".dbf file" is commonly used for this type of file.
Thanks, fixed.
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