README file for ldif_to_vcard version 0.2
ldif_to_vcard is a Perl script to convert the LDIF format file exported by the Netscape Communicator Address Book into a VCARD format file for use with programs such as GnomeCard.
Copyright 2001-2002 D. Scott Barninger <barninger@fairfieldcomputers.com> This program is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 2.0 (and only that version). See the attached GNU-LICENSE file or visit http://gnu.org
- Prerequisites
- This requires the following perl modules to be installed: perl-ldap >= 0.23 by Graham Barr http://perl-ldap.sourceforge.net Convert-ANSI >= 0.10 by Grahan Barr http://search.cpan.org/search?module=Convert::ANSI
Usage ldif_to_vcard /path/to/input-file /path/to/output-file [-cr] The optional -cr switch will convert DOS format files to unix type line endings. If you are exporting your address book from a Windows platform, use this switch.
- CHANGES
version 0.1 June 1, 2001:
Initial Release
version 0.2 Jan 5, 2002:
Added -cr switch. Thanks to Scott Davis <scdavis@vt.edu> for reporting the problem with
CR/LF line endings.
Added import of phone numbers. Thanks to Mikael Borg <Mikael.Borg@sljus.lu.se> for his suggestion and patch.