gwb2ged(1)

gwb2ged1

Dump a geneweb database to a gedcom file

Usage

gwb2ged [<base>] [options]

Overview

gwb2ged dumps a GeneWeb database to a GEDCOM file.

The primary documentation of gwb2ged is in the HTML documentation, which you can find in the documentation directory (/usr/share/doc/geneweb on Debian systems).
Please look there for complete and up-to-date documentation.

Options

If both options -a and -d are used, intersection is assumed.
If several options -s are used, union is assumed.

-help

command-line help

-o <ged>

output file name (default: a.ged)

-charset [ASCII|ANSEL]:

Set charset. Default is ASCII. Warning: value ANSEL works correctly only on iso-8859-1 encoded databases.

-o <ged>

output file name (default: a.ged)

-mem

save memory space, but slower

-a <1st_name> [num] <surname>

select ancestors of

-d <1st_name> [num] <surname>

select descendants of

-aws <1st_name> [num] <surname>

select ancestors with siblings

-s <surname>

select this surname (option usable several times)

-nsp

no spouses' parents (for options -s and -d)

-nn

no (database) notes

-c <num>

When a person is born less than <num> years ago, it is not exported unless it is Public. All the spouses and descendants are also censored.

Releases

10 releases since Debian 3.0 (Woody); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 3.0
  2. 3.1–11

-c since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); -charset since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); -help since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); -mem since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); -nn since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); -nsp since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); -s since Debian 3.1 (Sarge).

From geneweb 6.08+git20181019+dfsg-3 in Debian 11 (Bullseye). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.