Saving an ESRI shp file actually generate 6 files

[Pacharapol Withayasakpunt]

I don’t know if this is normal, but this fact is overshadowed by saving file (overwrite sometimes), in an already populated folder, QGIS_training/Westmalaria_project/Vector

I think it should be noticed.

Malaria_district_level.cpg Malaria_district_level.qmd
Malaria_district_level.dbf Malaria_district_level.shp
Malaria_district_level.prj Malaria_district_level.shx

[Pongsakorn Sadakorn]

Yes, the same as me. Generally, you just put it in the same directory.

[Chawarat Rotejanaprasert]

Hello all, shapefiles have mandatory and optional files. The mandatory file extensions needed for a shapefile are .shp, .shx and .dbf, and others are optional files. The main file is .shp that gives features of their geometry. Every shapefile has its own .shp file that represents spatial vector data. For example, it could be points, lines and polygons in a map.

However, when you move shapefile files, you should drag and drop all the mandatory and optional files. Hope this helps krub.

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