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ABOOK(1)							      ABOOK(1)

NAME
       abook - text-based address book program

SYNOPSIS
       abook [ OPTION ]

DESCRIPTION
       This manual page documents briefly the abook program.  This manual page
       was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the  original
       program does not have a manual page.

       abook  is  a  text-based address book program. It contains Name, Email,
       Address and various Phone fields. It is designed for use with mutt, but
       can be equally useful on its own.

OPTIONS
       -h --help
	      Show usage.

       -C --config <filename>
	      Use    an	   alternative	  configuration	  file	 (default   is
	      $HOME/.abook/abookrc).

       --datafile <filename>
	      Use   an	  alternative	 addressbook	file	(default    is
	      $HOME/.abook/addressbook).

       --mutt-query <string>
	      Make a query for mutt (search the addressbook for <string>).
	      The  --datafile  option, as documented above, may be used BEFORE
	      this option to search a different addressbook file.

       --convert [ --informat <inputformat>  ]	[  --infile  <inputfile>  ]  [
       --outformat <outputformat> ] [ --outfile <outputfile> ]
	      Converts	 <inputfile>   in  <inputformat>  to  <outputfile>  in
	      <outputformat> (defaults are abook, stdin, text and stdout).

	      The following inputformats are supported:
	      - abook abook native format
	      - ldif ldif / Netscape addressbook
	      - mutt mutt alias
	      - pine pine addressbook
	      - csv comma separated values
	      - palmcsv Palm comma separated values

	      The following outputformats are supported:
	      - abook abook native format
	      - ldif ldif / Netscape addressbook (.4ld)
	      - mutt mutt alias
	      - html html document
	      - pine pine addressbook
	      - gcrd GnomeCard (VCard) addressbook
	      - csv comma separated values
	      - palmcsv Palm comma separated values
	      - elm elm alias
	      - text plain text
	      - spruce Spruce address book
	      - wl Wanderlust address book

       --add-email
	      Read an e-mail message from stdin and  add  the  sender  to  the
	      addressbook.

       --add-email-quiet
	      Same as --add-email but doesn't confirm adding.

       --formats
	      List available formats.

COMMANDS DURING USE
       Press '?' during use to get a list of commands.

SEE ALSO
       mutt(1), abookrc(5)

AUTHOR
       This  manual  page  was written by Alan Ford <alan@whirlnet.co.uk>, for
       the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

       abook was written by Jaakko Heinonen <jheinonen@users.sourceforge.net>

				 June 6, 2003			      ABOOK(1)

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