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
              - bsdcal BSD calendar

       --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>

                                                   2006-09-06                                           ABOOK(1)