[Alpine-info] exporting the alpine contact list to a file?

[Milt Epstein via Alpine-info]

Try something like this:

M A ; A A S E

You can then specify the format to be exported: A for address
list (the default), V for VCard, or T for Tab Separated.

And then the file name (and possibly the directory to put the file in).

You can then do < to get back to the Main Menu and possibly I to get
back to the Message Index.

The commands in that sequence are:

M Main Menu
A Addressbook
; Select
A All
A Apply
S Save
E Export

I haven't used this at all myself, just came up with that sequence, so
not really sure if it'll do just what you want -- but it at least
seems close.

Milt Epstein
mepstein at illinois.edu


On Mon, 30 Sep 2024, Karen Lewellen via Alpine-info wrote:


> Goodness, still not  being clear.

> Chime, and all.

> When sitting in alpine itself, if you wish to write text to a file, what steps

> can you take?

>  I believe? you can edit our addressbook, so it might be possible?

> Sorry not to be clear before...I simply used lynx to save the .addressbook

> file to a new name.

> However, that will not work for the gmail address book.

> Karen

> 

> 

> 

> On Mon, 30 Sep 2024, Chime Hart wrote:

> 

> > Well Karen, I think once you have that newer copy in LYNX, you can hit an e

> > for an editor such as NANO, where you can block. Even from importing the

> > file in a new mail in Alpine, you can use similar keystrokes to NANO or even

> > PICO

> > Chime

> > 

> > 

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