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[](https://travis-ci.org/evanmiller/mdbtools)
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[](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/evanmiller/mdbtools/branch/master)
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Yet another attempt to resuscitate MDB Tools – the Access-accessing C library
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and command-line suite.
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Welcome to the exciting world of MDB Tools! MDB Tools is a set of programs to
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help you extract data from Microsoft Access files in various settings.
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This is a fork of a [fork](https://github.com/cyberemissary/mdbtools) of a
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[fork](https://github.com/brjohnsn/mdbtools) of a
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[fork](https://github.com/leecher1337/mdbtools) of the [original MDB
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Tools](https://github.com/brianb/mdbtools) by Brian Buns. I got sick of seeing
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the project waste away, so I'm taking the initiative to get MDB Tools
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whipped back into shape and properly maintained.
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After several years of neglect, MDB Tools is under new management as of 2020.
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Update your bookmarks and tell your favorite search engine that this is the new
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address:
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https://github.com/mdbtools/mdbtools
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A brief history: the last *official* release (version 0.7.1) occurred in 2016.
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[cyberemissary](https://github.com/cyberemissary) (whose work this fork is
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based on) made a release in December 2018 and called it 0.8.2. *I am not
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planning a formal release* but rather collecting and merging patches to submit
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upstream. In the meantime you are welcome to use this code base:
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based on) made a release in December 2018 and called it 0.8.2. In September
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2020, @brianb moved his repository to the current address, and gave
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administrative access to @evanmiller, who acts as the present maintainer.
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https://github.com/evanmiller/mdbtools
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Intended focus areas of this fork:
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An official 0.9 release is planned for late 2020. Areas of improvement since
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the 0.7/0.8 days:
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- [x] Security / stability / fuzz testing
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- [x] Thread safety\*
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- [x] Thread safety
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- [x] In-memory database API
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- [x] Making GLib optional
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- [x] GLib is now optional
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- [x] Improved ODBC compliance
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- [x] Continuous integration with Travis and AppVeyor
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\* Multiple `MdbHandle`s can now be created on different threads – and
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`MdbHandle`s can be passed between threads – but threads should not attempt to
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use the same `MdbHandle` at the same time. Use `mdb_clone_handle` to create a
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new handle using an existing file descriptor.
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A re-formatted and updated README file follows.
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*In a chipper open-source voice...*
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Welcome to the exciting world of MDB Tools! In short, MDB Tools is a set of
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programs to help you use Microsoft Access file in various settings.
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The initial goal of these tools is to be able to extract data structures and
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data from mdb files. This goal will of course expand over time as the file
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format becomes more well understood.
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The rest of this README explains what you can find in the project, how to
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install it, and how to contribute.
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# Components
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## gmdb2
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The Gnome MDB File Viewer and debugger. Still alpha.
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The Gnome MDB File Viewer and debugger. Still alpha and may be removed before 0.9.
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# License
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# Installation
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Last version is available at https://github.com/evanmiller/mdbtools
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Last version is available at https://github.com/mdbtools/mdbtools
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```bash
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$ autoreconf -i -f -Wno-portability
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# Contact
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Please send bug reports to the new github repository.
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https://github.com/evanmiller/mdbtools/issues
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https://github.com/mdbtools/mdbtools/issues
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