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\item A database consists of one or more records, each with one or
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\item A database consists of one or more records, each with one or
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more named fields. Not every record must contain each field, a
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more named fields. Not every record must contain each field, a
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field may appear only once in a record.
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field may appear only once in a record.
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\item Regular lines start with a non-whitespace character.
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\item Regular lines start with a non-whitespace character.
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\item Regular lines are of form \code{tag:value}, i.e.,
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\item Regular lines are of form \code{tag:value}, i.e.,
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have a name tag and a value for the field, seperated
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have a name tag and a value for the field, separated
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by \code{:} (only the first \code{:} counts). The value can be
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by \code{:} (only the first \code{:} counts). The value can be
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empty (=whitespace only).
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empty (=whitespace only).
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\item Lines starting with whitespace are continuation lines (to the
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\item Lines starting with whitespace are continuation lines (to the
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preceding field) if at least one character
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preceding field) if at least one character
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in the line is non-whitespace.
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in the line is non-whitespace.
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\item Records are seperated by one or more empty (=whitespace only)
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\item Records are separated by one or more empty (=whitespace only)
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lines.
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lines.
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}
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}
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\code{read.dcf} returns a character matrix with one line per record
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\code{read.dcf} returns a character matrix with one line per record
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and one column per field. Leading and trailing whitespace of field
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and one column per field. Leading and trailing whitespace of field
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