https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Reading-data-from-DBF-files/m-p/236814#M99065 <P>You need the <CODE>unarchive_cmd</CODE> option described in this blog post:<BR /> <A href="http://blogs.splunk.com/2011/07/19/the-naughty-bits-how-to-splunk-binary-logfiles/">http://blogs.splunk.com/2011/07/19/the-naughty-bits-how-to-splunk-binary-logfiles/</A></P> <P>Alternatively, you can do a <CODE>scripted input</CODE> or a <CODE>scripted lookup</CODE> where you call another utility to convert to a plain text format (like HTML):<BR /> <A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/AdvancedDev/ScriptedInputsIntro">http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/AdvancedDev/ScriptedInputsIntro</A><BR /> <A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.4.1/Knowledge/Configureexternallookups">http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.4.1/Knowledge/Configureexternallookups</A></P> <P>Here are some that can help (I have NOT tried any of them):<BR /> <A href="http://dbf-file-viewer.soft112.com/">http://dbf-file-viewer.soft112.com/</A><BR /> <A href="http://dbfviewer.com/">http://dbfviewer.com/</A></P> Sun, 03 Jul 2016 13:37:29 GMT woodcock 2016-07-03T13:37:29Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Reading-data-from-DBF-files/m-p/236813#M99064 <P>Hi,</P> <P>How can DBF files from Windows Server 2008 be read into splunk?</P> Sun, 03 Jul 2016 10:05:05 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Reading-data-from-DBF-files/m-p/236813#M99064 reggie_123 2016-07-03T10:05:05Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Reading-data-from-DBF-files/m-p/236814#M99065 <P>You need the <CODE>unarchive_cmd</CODE> option described in this blog post:<BR /> <A href="http://blogs.splunk.com/2011/07/19/the-naughty-bits-how-to-splunk-binary-logfiles/">http://blogs.splunk.com/2011/07/19/the-naughty-bits-how-to-splunk-binary-logfiles/</A></P> <P>Alternatively, you can do a <CODE>scripted input</CODE> or a <CODE>scripted lookup</CODE> where you call another utility to convert to a plain text format (like HTML):<BR /> <A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/AdvancedDev/ScriptedInputsIntro">http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/AdvancedDev/ScriptedInputsIntro</A><BR /> <A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.4.1/Knowledge/Configureexternallookups">http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.4.1/Knowledge/Configureexternallookups</A></P> <P>Here are some that can help (I have NOT tried any of them):<BR /> <A href="http://dbf-file-viewer.soft112.com/">http://dbf-file-viewer.soft112.com/</A><BR /> <A href="http://dbfviewer.com/">http://dbfviewer.com/</A></P> Sun, 03 Jul 2016 13:37:29 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Reading-data-from-DBF-files/m-p/236814#M99065 woodcock 2016-07-03T13:37:29Z