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ged2gwb(1)		     General Commands Manual		      ged2gwb(1)

NAME
     ged2gwb - Create a GeneWeb database from a GEDCOM file

SYNOPSIS
     ged2gwb [ <ged> ] [ options ]

DESCRIPTION
     ged2gwb creates a starter database for use by GeneWeb , from a GEDCOM file.

     The  primary  documentation  of ged2gwb is in the HTML documentation, which
     you can find in the documentation directory (/usr/share/doc/geneweb on  De-
     bian systems).
     Please look there for complete and up-to-date documentation.

OPTIONS
     -help   command-line help

     -o <file>
	     output database (default: a.gwb)

     -f      Remove database if already existing

     -log <file>
	     Redirect log trace to this file.

     -lf     - Lowercase first names -
	     Convert  first  names to lowercase letters, with initials in upper-
	     case.

     -ls     - Lowercase surnames -
	     Convert surnames to lowercase letters, with initials in  uppercase.
	     Try to keep lowercase particles.

     -us     - Uppercase surnames -
	     Convert surnames to uppercase letters.

     -fne be
	     - First names enclosed -
	     When  creating a person, if the GEDCOM first name part holds a part
	     between 'b' (any character) and 'e' (any character), it is  consid-
	     ered to be the usual first name: e.g. -fne '""' or -fne "()".

     -efn    - Extract first names -
	     When creating a person, if the GEDCOM first name part holds several
	     names,  the first of this names becomes the person "first name" and
	     the complete GEDCOM first name part a "first name alias".

     -no_efn
	     - Dont extract first names - [default]
	     Cancels the previous option.

     -epn    - Extract public names - [default] When creating a person,  if  the
	     GEDCOM first name part looks like a public name, i.e. holds:
		  * a number or a roman number, supposed to be a number of a no-
	     bility title,
		  *  one  of  the  words: "der", "den", "die", "el", "le", "la",
	     "the", supposed to be the beginning of a qualifier, then the GEDCOM
	     first name part becomes the person "public name" and its first word
	     his "first name".

     -no_epn
	     Cancels the previous option.

     -no_pit
	     - No public if titles -
	     Do not consider persons having titles as public

     -tnd    - Try negative dates -
	     Set negative dates when inconsistency (e.g. birth after death)

     -no_nd  - No negative dates -
	     Don't interpret a year preceded by a minus sign as a negative year

     -udi x-y
	     - Undefined death interval -
	     Set the interval for persons whose death part is undefined:
		    - if before x years, they are considered as alive
		    - if after y year, they are considered as death
		    - between x and y year, they are considered as "don't know"
		    Default x is 80 and y is 120

     -uin    - Untreated in notes -
	     Put untreated GEDCOM tags in notes

     -ds     - Default source -
	     Set the source field for persons and families without source data

     -dates_dm
	     Interpret months-numbered dates as day/month/year

     -dates_md
	     Interpret months-numbered dates as month/day/year

     -charset [ANSEL|ASCII|MSDOS]
	     - charset decoding -
	     Force given charset decoding, overriding the  possible  setting  in
	     GEDCOM

				2002 October 20th		      ged2gwb(1)

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