[Thread Prev][Thread Next][Thread Index]

Re: Wanting a summary of Sun's namelist management...



See http://turbo.east and hit my Pilot link for a Perl script to
prepare a nameslist file for import...

-- Dave

> Date: Thu, 12 Mar 1998 16:44:16 -0800 (PST)
> From: John Simmons <John.Simmons@Eng>
> Subject: Re: Wanting a summary of Sun's namelist management...
> To: Charles.Merriam@Eng
> Cc: pilotmgr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> MIME-Version: 1.0
> 
> 
> Charles,
> 
> I've written some scripts, etc. that use the nameslist.  The names databases 
> (text files) are read accessible for scripts and such:
> 
> the "name" version:		/usr/dist/share/lib/nameslist
> the "phonebook" version:	/usr/dist/share/lib/nameslistx
> 
> It should be fairly trivial to write a shell or perl script to get what you want 
> out of nameslistx and then import into pilot addressbook via "pilot-addresses" 
> which is part of the pilot-link software.  If you're not into writing scripts, 
> you can also grep out the lines you want, and import into a spreadsheet, fix and 
> export to the right type of text file for import to pilot (crude, but the sort 
> of thing I used to do before I discovered scripting, or if I am feeling like 
> doing repetitive mechanical tasks ;-)).
> 
> John
> 
> > Hello everyone,
> > 
> > I know this question was bandied about a few times, though the final answers 
> > were spread out and inconclusive.  My apologies to the people outside sun.
> > 
> > 1.  What methods are available for keeping a good, up to date list of names 
> and 
> > phone numbers in the PalmPilot from Sun's namelist?
> > 
> > 2.  Are the updates smart enough to pick up changes?
> > 
> > 3.  My only experience has been to mange the output of the name command or 
> from 
> > the namelist file and pull it into the pilot from a comma delimited input.
> > 
> > Any other working solutions?
> > 
> > 
> > Charles Merriam
> > JavaSoft Datacom/Telecom Systems Engineer
> > 408.343.1728
> > 408.863.3237 fax
> > 800.701.9218 pager
> > charles.merriam@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > 
> > Sun Microsystems, JavaSoft Division
> > 901 San Antonio Road, MS UCUP01-102
> > Palo Alto, CA  94303
> > 
> > 
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > ***********************************************************
> > *             This is a public mailing list!              *
> > * Please do not publish Sun proprietary information here! *
> > *        -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -         *
> > *             http://www.moshpit.org/pilotmgr             *
> > ***********************************************************

-- Dave
      ______
     /_____/\      Dave Brillhart - Regional Java Specialist
    /____ \\ \     Sun Microsystems Incorporated, SMCC
   /_____\ \\ /    3504 Lake Lynda Drive, Suite 410
  /_____/ \/ / /   Orlando, Florida 32817
 /_____/ /   \//\
 \_____\//\   / /  Voice/Pager:  407-384-4644/800-314-1259
  \_____/ / /\ /   E-mail:       dave.brillhart@xxxxxxx
   \_____/ \\ \    Text Pages:   dcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
    \_____\ \\     Internal URL: http://four11.east
     \_____\/

  Computing is fractal; wherever you look, there is infinite complexity

------------------------------------------------------------------------
***********************************************************
*             This is a public mailing list!              *
* Please do not publish Sun proprietary information here! *
*        -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -         *
*             http://www.moshpit.org/pilotmgr             *
***********************************************************


SourceForge.net Logo