NAME

     pffexport — exports items stored in a Personal Folder File (OST, PAB and PST)

SYNOPSIS

     pffexport [-c codepage] [-f format] [-l logfile] [-m mode] [-t target] [-dhqvV] source

DESCRIPTION

     pffexport is a utility to export items stored in a Personal Folder File (OST, PAB and PST)

     pffexport is part of the libpff package.  libpff is a library to access the Personal Folder
     File (OST, PAB and PST) format

     source is the source file.

     The options are as follows:

     -c codepage
             specify the codepage of ASCII strings, options: ascii, windows-874, windows-932,
             windows-936, windows-949, windows-950, windows-1250, windows-1251, windows-1252
             (default), windows-1253, windows-1254, windows-1255, windows-1256, windows-1257 or
             windows-1258

     -d      dumps the item values in a separate file: ItemValues.txt

     -f format
             specify the preferred output format, options: all, html, rtf, text (default)

     -h      shows this help

     -l logfile
             specify the file in which to log information about the exported items

     -m mode
             export mode, option: all, debug, items (default), recovered. 'all' exports the
             (allocated) items, orphan and recovered items. 'debug' exports all the (allocated)
             items, also those outside the the root folder. 'items' exports the (allocated)
             items. 'recovered' exports the orphan and recovered items.

     -q      quiet shows minimal status information

     -t target
             specify the basename of the target directory to export to (default is the source
             filename) pffexport will add the following suffixes to the basename: .export,
             .orphans, .recovered

     -v      verbose output to stderr

     -V      print version

ENVIRONMENT

     None

FILES

     None

EXAMPLES

     # pffexport file.pst
     pffexport 20110107

     Opening file.
     Exporting items.
     Exporting folder item 1 out of 4.
           ...
     Exporting e-mail item 17 out of 115.
     Exporting attachment 1 out of 3.
     Exporting attachment 2 out of 3.
     Exporting attachment 3 out of 3.
     Exporting e-mail item 18 out of 115.
           ...
     Exporting folder item 4 out of 4.
     Export completed.

DIAGNOSTICS

     Errors, verbose and debug output are printed to stderr when verbose output -v is enabled.
     Verbose and debug output are only printed when enabled at compilation.

BUGS

     Please report bugs of any kind to <joachim.metz@gmail.com> or on the project website:
     https://github.com/libyal/libpff/

AUTHOR

     These man pages were written by Joachim Metz.

COPYRIGHT

     Copyright (C) 2008-2018, Joachim Metz <joachim.metz@gmail.com>.  This is free software; see
     the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or
     FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO

     pffinfo(1)