▁alternate ▁date ▁formats ▁ ▁Support ▁for ▁wild card ▁character ▁in ▁file ▁names ▁used ▁with ▁command - line ▁switch es . ▁ ▁d BASE ▁V ▁– ▁MS - D OS ▁( Level ▁ 5 ) ▁▁ 1 . 0 ▁x 4 6 ▁Jun ▁ 1 9 9 4 ▁ ▁B DE ▁– ▁Bor land ▁Database ▁Engine ▁ 2 . 5 2 ▁ ▁This ▁is ▁the ▁last ▁update ▁to ▁the ▁ 1 6 - bit ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁Bor land ▁Database ▁Engine ▁( B DE ). ▁Download ▁and ▁un zip ▁to ▁a ▁temporary ▁folder , ▁and ▁run ▁the ▁SET UP ▁program . ▁ ▁d BASE ▁V ▁– ▁MS - Windows ▁( Level ▁ 5 ) ▁▁ 5 . 5 ▁b 6 7 3 ▁Jul ▁ 1 9 9 5 ▁ ▁Level ▁ 5 ▁D OS ▁headers ▁▁ ▁While ▁d BASE ▁has ▁been ▁around ▁for ▁many ▁years , ▁the ▁files ▁themselves ▁seem ▁to ▁be ▁shr oud ed ▁in ▁mystery . ▁ ▁Below ▁is ▁the ▁structure ▁of ▁a ▁database ▁(. d bf ) ▁file ▁for ▁d BASE ▁V ▁for ▁MS - D OS . ▁ ▁A ▁database ▁(. DB F ) ▁file ▁is ▁composed ▁of ▁a ▁header , ▁data ▁records , ▁delet ion ▁flags , ▁and ▁an ▁end - of - file ▁marker . ▁The ▁header ▁contains ▁information ▁about ▁the ▁file ▁structure , ▁and ▁the ▁records ▁contain ▁the ▁actual ▁data . ▁One ▁byte ▁of ▁each ▁record ▁is ▁reserved ▁for ▁the ▁delet ion ▁flag . ▁ ▁Database ▁header ▁structure ▁ ▁The ▁header ▁structure , ▁detailed ▁in ▁Table ▁D