[FWTools] Reading in a shape file and writing back out the shapefile

[Frank Warmerdam]

On 9/8/05, Jason Brunner <jasonb at ssec.wisc.edu> wrote:
> Hi
> 
> Does anyone know if there is a routine (or package) that reads in a
> shape file and writes the shape file back out in FWTools?

Jason, 

You can use the ogr2ogr utility to convert vector files, including
the ability to translate a shapefile to shapefile format. 

  http://www.gdal.org/ogr/ogr2ogr.html

Best regards,
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