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Re: Wanting a summary of Sun's namelist management...
- To: Charles.Merriam@Eng, John.Simmons@Eng
- Subject: Re: Wanting a summary of Sun's namelist management...
- From: Dave Brillhart - SMCC SE - Orlando <Dave.Brillhart@East>
- Date: Fri, 13 Mar 1998 04:30:27 -0500 (EST)
- Cc: pilotmgr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Reply-to: Dave Brillhart - SMCC SE - Orlando <Dave.Brillhart@East>
- Sender: owner-pilotmgr
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
> >
> >
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