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Re: address db definition
- To: Alan Harder <Alan.Harder@Ebay>
- Subject: Re: address db definition
- From: Ron Marshall - Sun Toronto SE <ron.marshall@Canada>
- Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1998 16:34:07 -0400
- Cc: Greg.Moore@East, pilotmgr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Organization: Sun Microsystems
- References: <199808261622.JAA12543@moshpit.EBay.Sun.COM>
- Sender: ronm@Canada
I have been lookin for the SyncAB and cannot find it. Maybe I don't
know where too look, the book mark I have for pilotmanager is
"http://www.moshpit.org/pilotmgr/", is this correct?
Is it precompiled for Solaris?
Regards,
Ron
Alan Harder wrote:
>
> > I'd like to create a script to take the output of the nameslist and
> > load it into my pilot.
>
> Rather than writing a pdb file directly (which would require you to overwrite
> the AddressDB on your pilot if you want to install it) you might want to find
> a way to add the data to your existing db.
>
> 2 options:
> 1. pilot-link has a program called pilot-addresses which can install and
> delete records in a given category. Uses a CSV (comma separated values)
> file format.
>
> 2. SyncAB in the pilotmgr contrib directory. This can synchronize the address
> book with a CSV file. You could write a fairly simple perl script to take
> nameslist data and put it in your CSV address file. Then on a hotsync
> the new records would get added to your pilot..
>
> - Alan
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