Re: flat file conversion tools?

[Dan Mick <dmick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The problem that everyone seems to be glossing over is that you really
want something to *continue* to use the database on both Unix *and*
the Pilot.  You'd like to be able to update the database on either
and sync to the other.

The comments about Pilot Desktop also only apply, of course, to the
Windows Desktop, and this list is about the Unix tools, so they're
really not germane.

I'm surprised, in some ways, that there aren't tools for this on Unix
even today; but in other ways not at all, since a flat-file grep database
really is a convenient way to store contact information.  Even xrolo
is really nothing more than a flat-file text-search database.

> Date: Mon, 22 Sep 1997 11:59:35 -0700
> From: Gary.Downing@Eng (Gary Downing)
> To: dans@xxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: flat file conversion tools?
> Cc: pilotmgr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> Dan,
> 
> I would suggest that you do the flat file to database conversion
> on your desktop prior to placing it on your Pilot.  The Pilot
> comes with Pilot Desktop software to help you here, then you
> can simply do a Hot Sync to your Pilot.
> 
> If Pilot Desktop isn't flexible enough (as I found out), you
> can use another more powerful contact manager such as Now Contact
> to get your information into a fixed field format that you
> can export to Pilot Desktop.
> 
> Gary Downing
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> 
> > From dans@xxxxxxx Fri Sep 19 13:35:34 1997
> > From: Dan Simoes <dans@xxxxxxx>
> > Subject: tool?
> > To: pilotmgr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (pilot)
> > Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 10:21:41 -0400 (EDT)
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> > 
> > Before I reinvent the wheel, I thought I'd check since I've
> > seen some bits of perl floating around here.
> > 
> > I currently store all my phone numbers and other info in a 
> > flat text file, and use a script I wrote in ksh to search 
> > and update it.
> > 
> > I've got about 600 numbers in this file, so I'd rather not import
> > it to the pilot as a flat file.  Rather, I'd like to migrate from
> > what I'm using to something that is compatible with the pilot
> > address book, maybe using dbm or something.
> > 
> > So, does this sound remotely familiar?  What do the rest of you
> > unix geeks use to keep track of phone numbers? :)
> > 
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