I saw a note in the R-help mailing list about dbf file I/O in R. The suggestion was made to utilize (or at least take a look at) RODBC. While RODBC is fine for most Windows abusers, I find ODBC under Linux cumbersome. I have lots of need for a direct and simple dbf interface and have been thinking about writing a package for R using the shapelib dbf (or equivalent) functions. I wanted to get some feedback from R users for the demand. Any suggestions? Jeff. --- Jeff D. Hamann Forest Informatics, Inc. PO Box 1421 Corvallis, Oregon USA 97339-1421 541-754-1428 jeff.hamann at forestinformatics.com www.forestinformatics.com