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The GNU Operating System

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GNU Recutils

GNU Recutils is a set of tools and libraries to access human-editable, plain text databases called recfiles. The data is stored as a sequence of records, each record containing an arbitrary number of named fields. The picture below shows a sample database containing information about GNU packages, along with the main features provided by recutils.

Data Integrity

Mandatory and forbidden fields.
Unique fields and primary keys.
Auto-counters and time-stamps.

Rich Type System for Fields

Predefined: integer, real, date, etc.
User-defined: based on regular expressions.

Encryption Support

Selective: individual fields can be encrypted.
Password-based AES.

Converters from/to other formats

mdb files to recfiles.
csv files to/from recfiles.

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Integration with org-mode

Read data from recfiles into a table in an org-mode buffer in Emacs.
Publish the resulting data.

Templates

Generate reports.
Build your own exporters.

Complete user manual

Full description of the format.
Documentation for the utilities.
Usage examples.

Easy deployment

C library: librec
Rich set of utilities to be used in shell scripts and in the command line.

A video with a talk introducing the program can be found here. Anolder video, which was recorded just before releasing the first version, can be downloaded from here If you want to discuss about recutils, some of the people involved in GNU recutils use to be in the #recutils channel in the irc.freenode.net IRC network. You are more than welcome to join.

Downloading Recutils

Sources Distribution

GNU recutils can be found on the main GNU ftp server: http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/recutils/ (via HTTP) and ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/recutils/ (via FTP). It can also be found on the GNU mirrors; please use a mirror if possible.

Binary Packages

Additionally there are binary packages for some GNU/Linux distributions. ●Trisquel GNU/Linux ●Debian packages. ●Fedora packages ●Arch packages. ●OpenSuse packages. ●Mandrake packages. ●Gentoo packages. ●Parabola x86_64 packages. ●Parabola MIPS packages. If you know of some other binary distribution of GNU recutils please get in touch with the maintainer.

Documentation

Take a look to our Frequently Asked Questions section. Documentation for Recutils is available online, as is documentation for most GNU software. You can find more information about Recutils by running info recutils or by looking at /usr/doc/recutils/, /usr/local/doc/recutils/, or similar directories on your system.

Mailing lists

GNU recutils has two mailing lists: <bug-recutils@gnu.org> and <help-recutils@gnu.org>. The main discussion list is <bug-recutils@gnu.org>, and is used to discuss most aspects of recutils, including development and enhancement requests, as well as bug reports. There is a separate list for general user help and discussion, <help-recutils@gnu.org>. Announcements about Recutils and most other GNU software are made on <info-gnu@gnu.org>. To subscribe to these or any GNU mailing lists, please send an empty mail with a Subject: header of just subscribe to the relevant -request list. For example, to subscribe yourself to the GNU announcement list, you would send mail to <info-gnu-request@gnu.org>. Or you can use the mailing list web interface.

Getting involved

Development of Recutils, and GNU in general, is a volunteer effort, and you can contribute. For information, please read How to help GNU. If you'd like to get involved, it's a good idea to join the discussion mailing list (see above). Test releases Trying the latest test release (when available) is always appreciated. Test releases of Recutils can be found at http://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/recutils/ (via HTTP) and ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/recutils/ (via FTP). Development For development sources, bug and patch trackers, and other information, please see the Recutils project pageatsavannah.gnu.org. Translating Recutils To translate Recutils's messages into other languages, please see the Translation Project page for Recutils. If you have a new translation of the message strings, or updates to the existing strings, please have the changes made in this repository. Only translations from this site will be incorporated into Recutils. For more information, see the Translation Project. Maintainer Recutils is currently being maintained by Jose E. Marchesi. Please use the mailing lists for contact.

Licensing

Recutils is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. ●GNU home page ●FSF home page ●GNU Art ●GNU Fun ●GNU's Who? ●Free Software Directory ●Site map The Free Software Foundation is the principal organizational sponsor of the GNU Operating System. Our mission is to preserve, protect and promote the freedom to use, study, copy, modify, and redistribute computer software, and to defend the rights of Free Software users. Support GNU and the FSF by buying manuals and gear, joining the FSF as an associate member or by making a donation, either directly to the FSForvia Flattr. back to top Please send general FSF & GNU inquiries to <gnu@gnu.org>. There are also other ways to contact the FSF. Please send broken links and other corrections or suggestions to <bug-recutils@gnu.org>. Please see the Translations README for information on coordinating and submitting translations of this article. Copyright © 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc. Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article are permitted worldwide, without royalty, in any medium, provided this notice, and the copyright notice, are preserved. Updated: $Date: 2012/06/16 18:58:22 $

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