On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 10:49:52AM +0100, Vinai Kopp wrote: > On Sat, Nov 09, 2002 at 05:36:59PM +0530, Sandip P Deshmukh wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 02:24:05PM +0100, Vinai Kopp wrote: > > > > > > Write a small shell (or perl or php or something) script to do it. > > > If you need help send the exact format of the cvs file you've got and > > > I'll send a quick hack that should work for a mutt aliases file. > > > > oh! i must say a big thank you to you. here is the format of my csv file: > > > > "Title","First Name","Middle Name","Last >Name","Suffix","Company","Department","Job Title","Business Street","Business Street >2","Business Street 3","Business City","Business State","Business Postal >Code","Business Country","Home Street","Home Street 2","Home Street 3","Home >City","Home State","Home Postal Code","Home Country","Other Street","Other Street >2","Other Street 3","Other City","Other State","Other Postal Code","Other >Country","Assistant's Phone","Business Fax","Business Phone","Business Phone >2","Callback","Car Phone","Company Main Phone","Home Fax","Home Phone","Home Phone >2","ISDN","Mobile Phone","Other Fax","Other Phone","Pager","Primary Phone","Radio >Phone","TTY/TDD Phone","Telex","Account","Anniversary","Assistant's Name","Billing >Information","Birthday","Categories","Children","Directory Server","E-mail >Address","E-mail Type","E-mail Display Name","E-mail 2 Address","E-mail 2 >Type","E-mail 2 Display Name","E-mail 3 Address","E-mail 3 Type","E-mail 3 Display >Name","Gender","Government ID Number","Hobby","Initials","Internet Free >Busy","Keywords","Language","Location","Manager's Name","Mileage","Notes","Office >Location","Organizational ID Number","PO >Box","Priority","Private","Profession","Referred By","Sensitivity","Spouse","User >1","User 2","User 3","User 4","Web Page" > > > > Wow, this are a loooot of fields - I count 90.
well, i did not do that! ms gives this as default! okay. here is what i will like to do - use abook as immediate relief. can i 'map' my csv fields with abook fields and import that file in abook? abook has --convert option but it messed up as the format it expected in the csv file was not the format i had. there is a chance that out of 90, i am only using 15 fields and if i can map it well with abook then i am through subsequently, i will like to see if any other addressbook program is available that can handle these and custom fields and is queriable from mutt > You realize all other data will be ignored (i.e. lost). not if i can 'map' fields. > Do you want to use "Home", "Business" or "Other" addresses from the > cvs file in abook? well, for quite a few contacts - friends and relatives for instance, i have home and business addresses. > Oh, and "notes" can be only one line. > If this still works for you let me know. > > cu, > Vinai thanx yet again. sandip p deshmukh ------***-------- The best book on programming for the layman is "Alice in Wonderland"; but that's because it's the best book on anything for the layman. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
