Re: AddressDB.pdb --> AddressDB.txt ?

[kerry.whittle@Central (Kerry Whittle [Sun SLC SSE])]

> >>>Daniel Hernandez said:
>  > Has somebody written a filter to convert the address database (which
>  > can be copied via PilotManager's Backup to the Sun) into a readable
>  > text format? A simple oneway conversion would be all I need for
>  > occasional address lookups...
> 
> The pilot-addresses program included with pilot-link does this. With the -w 
flag, it read the database from the Pilot and writes it to a file with the 
following format:
> 
> 
"last","first","title","company","work","home","fax","other","email","address",
> 
"city","state","zip","country","custom1","custom2","custom3","custom4","note","
> 0"
> 
> this is, the order in which the fields appear in the phonebook application, 
> each value in double quotes, separated by commas. The "note" is the optional 
> note you can add to each record. The "0" at the end, I suppose, is for marking 
> it as non-private.
> 
> For writing back to the Pilot, you create a file with the above format, and 
use the -r flag in pilot-addresses.


I would think that he meant for use with Solaris.  I do not (nor do intend to) 
use anything but Solaris and am interested in the same function for my 
workstation.

If I had the specs for the the .db file,  I could write the conversion, but I 
have no idea where to start finding it.

Kerry Whittle
SSE, Salt Lake City
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