ged2gwb(1) 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 Debian 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 uppercase.
-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 considered 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 nobility 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