Instructions that work with Wenlin 4.1

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While the code could be altered, it has been unmaintained and won't work with newer versions. This is a short summary that works with Wenlin 4.1:

pre-requisites

gem install wenlin_db_scanner
gem install rexml

extract dictionary

ln -s yinghan.wenlindb W4DB/yinghan.db
wenlin_dict W4DB en-zh > en_zh.json
ln -s cidian.wenlindb W4DB/cidian.db
wenlin_dict W4DB zh-en > zh_en.json
ln -s zidian.wenlindb W4DB/zidian.db
wenlin_dict W4DB hz-en > hz_en.json

hanzi

ln -s cdl.wenlindb W4DB/cdl.db
wenlin_hanzi W4DB > hanzi.json

parts-of-speech

ln -s ab_ec.wenlindb W4DB/ab_ec.db
wenlin_parts W4DB/ en > en_parts.json
ln -s ab_ce.wenlindb W4DB/ab_ce.db
wenlin_parts W4DB/ zh > zh_parts.json

Note: most likely incomplete

raw dump

wenlin_dbdump W4DB/yinghan.db > yinghan.out
wenlin_dbdump W4DB/cidian.db > cidian.out
wenlin_dbdump W4DB/zidian.db > zidian.out
wenlin_dbdump W4DB/ab_ce.db > ab_ce.out
wenlin_dbdump W4DB/ab_ec.db > ab_ec.out