1 .TH ABOOK 1 "June 6, 2003"
4 abook \- text-based address book program
9 This manual page documents briefly the
12 This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution
13 because the original program does not have a manual page.
16 is a text-based address book program. It contains Name, Email, Address
17 and various Phone fields. It is designed for use with mutt, but can be
18 equally useful on its own.
24 \fB\-C \-\-config\fP \fI<filename>\fR
25 Use an alternative configuration file (default is \fI$HOME/.abook/abookrc\fR).
27 \fB\-\-datafile\fP \fI<filename>\fR
28 Use an alternative addressbook file (default is \fI$HOME/.abook/addressbook\fR).
30 \fB\-\-mutt\-query\fP \fI<string>\fR
31 Make a query for mutt (search the addressbook for \fI<string>\fR).
33 The \fB\-\-datafile\fP option, as documented above, may be used
35 this option to search a different addressbook file.
37 \fB\-\-convert\fP [ \fB\-\-informat\fP \fI<inputformat>\fR ] [ \fB\-\-infile\fP \fI<inputfile>\fR ] [ \fB\-\-outformat\fP \fI<outputformat>\fR ] [ \fB\-\-outfile\fP \fI<outputfile>\fR ]
38 Converts \fI<inputfile>\fR in \fI<inputformat>\fR to \fI<outputfile>\fR in \fI<outputformat>\fR
39 (defaults are \fBabook\fP, \fBstdin\fP, \fBtext\fP and \fBstdout\fP).
42 The following \fIinputformats\fR are supported:
44 - \fBabook\fP abook native format
46 - \fBldif\fP ldif / Netscape addressbook
48 - \fBmutt\fP mutt alias
50 - \fBpine\fP pine addressbook
52 - \fBcsv\fP comma separated values
55 The following \fIoutputformats\fR are supported:
57 - \fBabook\fP abook native format
59 - \fBldif\fP ldif / Netscape addressbook (.4ld)
61 - \fBmutt\fP mutt alias
63 - \fBhtml\fP html document
65 - \fBpine\fP pine addressbook
67 - \fBgcrd\fP GnomeCard (VCard) addressbook
69 - \fBcsv\fP comma separated values
71 - \fBpalmcsv\fP Palm comma separated values
75 - \fBtext\fP plain text
77 - \fBspruce\fP Spruce address book
80 Read an e-mail message from stdin and add the sender to the addressbook.
82 \fB\-\-add-email-quiet\fP
83 Same as --add-email but doesn't confirm adding.
86 List available formats.
88 .SH COMMANDS DURING USE
89 Press '\fB?\fP' during use to get a list of commands.
95 This manual page was written by Alan Ford <alan@whirlnet.co.uk>,
96 for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
100 was written by Jaakko Heinonen <jheinonen@users.sourceforge.net>