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A video with a talk introducing the program can be found here. An older video, which was recorded just before releasing the first version, can be downloaded from here Some of the people involved in GNU Recutils hang out in the #recutils channel on the irc.freenode.net IRC network. You are more than welcome to join.
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Recutils can be found on the main GNU ftp server (download Recutils via HTTPS, download Recutils via HTTP or download Recutils via FTP), and its mirrors; please use a mirror if possible.
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Data Integrity Mandatory and forbidden fields. Unique fields and primary keys. Auto-counters and time-stamps. Arbitrary constraints. Rich Type System for Fields Predefined: integer, real, date, etc. User-defined: based on regular expressions. Advanced database facilities Joins and foreign keys. Grouping and sorting. Aggregate functions. Encryption Support Selective: individual fields can be encrypted. Password-based AES. Converters from/to other formats mdb files to recfiles. csv files to/from recfiles. Vim syntax highlight for recfiles Find it in vim-rec
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