[postgis-users] Convert .dxf or .dwf files to .shp by command line

[Nicolas Ribot]

> I'm newbie in postgis and i have some questions.
> Is it possible to convert any of autocad files to shape files?. I read many
> of topics about converting this files... and I have found only two way by VB
> script application , and second it is possible to save by autodesk map to
> shp files. But I would like to find another way which will give me
> opportunity to use only command line. I know that some peoples tried to do
> it before and I will be grateful for replay.
>

Hi, you should have a look at OGR library and ogr2ogr programs
(http://gdal.maptools.org/ogr/index.html)
It allows format conversion using command line and allows loading
vector data directly into Postgis

Nicolas