Provided by: shapelib_1.3.0-5_amd64 
NAME
shpcreate - create an empty ESRI shapefile
SYNOPSIS
shpcreate shp_file [point|arc|polygon|multipoint]
DESCRIPTION
Creates an empty shapefile supporting shapes of the given type. Shapefiles actually consist of two files
with the same basename and extensions .shp and .shx (or .SHP and .SHX) containing the shape data and
shape index respectively. The files to create are determined by first stripping any filename extension
from shp_file and attempting to create the files shp_file.shp or shp_file.SHP, and shp_file.shx or
shp_file.SHX for the respective data and index files. The supported values for the shapetype argument
are: point, arc, polygon, and multipoint.
OPTIONS
shp_file
the name of the shapefile to be created. Doesn´t need the extension
point|arc|polygon|multipoint
the type of shapefile that you wish to create. Must specify a valid option.
EXAMPLE
shpcreate testpolygon polygon
this will create a polygon shapefile named testpolygon (in fact testpolygon.shp and testpolygon.shx will
be created).
EXIT STATUS
0 Successful program execution.
1 Missing shp_file or shapetype argument.
2 Unknown shapetype.
3 Unable to create the shapefile.
DIAGNOSTICS
The following diagnostics may be issued on stdout:
Shape Type `shapetype´ not recognised.
Unable to create:shp_file
AUTHOR
dbfdump is part of shapelib, maintained by Frank Warmerdam. This guide was created by Eduardo Patoo
Kanegae and converted to manpage by Johan Van de Wauw. It was further enhanced with the man page written
by Joonas Pihlaja (jpihlaja@cc.helsinki.fi).
SEE ALSO
dbfadd(1), dbfcat(1), dbfcreate(1), dbfdump(1), dbfinfo(1), shpadd(1), shpcat(1), shpcentrd(1), shpdump(1), shpdxf(1), shpfix(1), shpinfo(1), shpproj(1), shprewind(1), shptest(1) August 2015 SHPCREATE(1)