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
54 - \fBpalmcsv\fP Palm comma separated values
56 - \fBvcard\fP VCard addressbook
59 The following \fIoutputformats\fR are supported:
61 - \fBabook\fP abook native format
63 - \fBldif\fP ldif / Netscape addressbook (.4ld)
65 - \fBmutt\fP mutt alias
67 - \fBhtml\fP html document
69 - \fBpine\fP pine addressbook
71 - \fBvcard\fP VCard addressbook
73 - \fBcsv\fP comma separated values
75 - \fBpalmcsv\fP Palm comma separated values
79 - \fBtext\fP plain text
81 - \fBspruce\fP Spruce address book
83 - \fBwl\fP Wanderlust address book
85 - \fBbsdcal\fP BSD calendar
87 - \fBcustom\fP Custom output format, see below
89 \fB\-\-outformatstr\fP \fI<string>\fR
90 Only used in the context of \fB\-\-mutt\-query\fP \fIand\fR \fB\-\-outformat\fP=\fIcustom\fR. \fI<string>\fR is a format string allowing placeholders.
91 A placeholder can be any of the standard fields names (see \fBabookrc\fP(5)) and must be
92 encapsulated by curly brackets.
93 The default value is "{nick} ({name}): {mobile}"
94 If \fI<string>\fR starts with \fI!\fR only entries whose every fields from \fI<string>\fR are non-NULL are part of the output.
97 Read an e-mail message from stdin and add the sender to the addressbook.
99 \fB\-\-add-email-quiet\fP
100 Same as --add-email but doesn't confirm adding.
103 List available formats.
105 .SH COMMANDS DURING USE
106 Press '\fB?\fP' during use to get a list of commands.
112 This manual page was written by Alan Ford <alan@whirlnet.co.uk>,
113 for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).
117 was written by Jaakko Heinonen <jheinonen@users.sourceforge.net>