Re: [newbie] importing contacts into Evolution?
On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 09:19:49 -0500, Tom Brinkman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You shouldn't need 'ls -l'. Check to see, type 'alias ll' in a > console, EG, > tom $ alias ll > alias ll='ls -l' > It's long been a standard alias that Mandrake uses. To see all > of 'em (including any you've created) just type 'alias'. > >For displaying large outputs, use 'll |less' and then you can > Arrow, Page down, or scroll with your mouse down thru the output, > either a page or line at a time. EG, > > 'll |less /usr/bin' That I did not know. The only problem is when you install, say, Debian, type "cd.." and it slaps you in the face because it wanted "cd .." Or worse still, you get used to typing "rm" and having the -i switch aliased in, and then go to A.N. Other distro... Richard -- "Get up and turn I loose" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] importing contacts into Evolution?
On Sat, 2003-09-13 at 10:19, Tom Brinkman wrote: > On Friday September 12 2003 06:40 pm, Merlin Zener wrote: > > ls -l in the /usr/bin directory scrolls off the end of the page, > > and even scrolling back up doesn't go as far as files beginning > > with "c", so I don't know. I looked in 'man ls' but I didn't see > > any way to make it just show one screenful of info at a time. > > You shouldn't need 'ls -l'. Check to see, type 'alias ll' in a > console, EG, > tom $ alias ll > alias ll='ls -l' > It's long been a standard alias that Mandrake uses. To see all > of 'em (including any you've created) just type 'alias'. > >For displaying large outputs, use 'll |less' and then you can > Arrow, Page down, or scroll with your mouse down thru the output, > either a page or line at a time. EG, > > 'll |less /usr/bin' very cool,, thanks Tom, I never knew that... still learning, so I am pretty sure I ain't all the way brain dead. ET -- ++ Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] importing contacts into Evolution?
On Friday September 12 2003 06:40 pm, Merlin Zener wrote: > ls -l in the /usr/bin directory scrolls off the end of the page, > and even scrolling back up doesn't go as far as files beginning > with "c", so I don't know. I looked in 'man ls' but I didn't see > any way to make it just show one screenful of info at a time. You shouldn't need 'ls -l'. Check to see, type 'alias ll' in a console, EG, tom $ alias ll alias ll='ls -l' It's long been a standard alias that Mandrake uses. To see all of 'em (including any you've created) just type 'alias'. For displaying large outputs, use 'll |less' and then you can Arrow, Page down, or scroll with your mouse down thru the output, either a page or line at a time. EG, 'll |less /usr/bin' -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] importing contacts into Evolution?
On 13 Sep 2003 19:30:30 +0700, Merlin Zener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 2003-09-13 at 17:04, RichardA wrote: > > > > [...snip[ed lots of useful info - thanks, Richard] > > > > > > chmod: failed to get attributes of `/home/merlin/cvs2vcard.pl': No > > > such file or directory > > > > Puzzled. Is the script in /usr/bin or your home? > > > > It's in both. I've just checked again. Does "ls -l /path/to/script" show it as executable? If not, chmod it. Then "/path/to/script " must work? Richard -- "Get up and turn I loose" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] importing contacts into Evolution?
On Sat, 2003-09-13 at 17:08, RichardA wrote: > On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 19:06:10 -0400, Mathieu Frenette > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Richard, I already have Mozilla Mail and Mozilla AddressBook > > installed. However, when I go to Tools->Import->Address Books, the > > only choice I have is to import "Text file (LDIF, .tab, .csv, .txt)". > > Do I need to install an extra package for doing what you mention? Or > > maybe upgrade Mozilla? My version is 1.3 (as pre-packaged with > > Mandrake 9.1): > > > > mozilla-1.3-1mdk > > mozilla-mail-1.3-1mdk > > > > Regards, > > > > Mathieu. > > I haven't done this myself. I just pasted those instructions in case > they helped. What is more, I may have introduced some confusion between > importing mail and contacts. Sorry. > FWIW, I can confirm that the original instructions were to transfer mail and contacts from Outlook to Evolution, in a two step process. In Mathieu's case though, I think it should work: but first he would have to export the contacts from Outlook into .CSV format - file import/export export to file next comma separated values [dos] next select "contacts" folder next select where you want to save it to, and the name. then Netscape should be able to import the .CSV file [assuming you put it some place Netscape can get to it] :) In my case, Evolution doesn't import .CSV files, hence my questions here about the csv2vcard function... -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] importing contacts into Evolution?
On Sat, 2003-09-13 at 17:04, RichardA wrote: > > [...snip[ed lots of useful info - thanks, Richard] > > > > chmod: failed to get attributes of `/home/merlin/cvs2vcard.pl': No > > such file or directory > > Puzzled. Is the script in /usr/bin or your home? > It's in both. I've just checked again. -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] importing contacts into Evolution?
On Fri, 12 Sep 2003 19:06:10 -0400, Mathieu Frenette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Richard, I already have Mozilla Mail and Mozilla AddressBook > installed. However, when I go to Tools->Import->Address Books, the > only choice I have is to import "Text file (LDIF, .tab, .csv, .txt)". > Do I need to install an extra package for doing what you mention? Or > maybe upgrade Mozilla? My version is 1.3 (as pre-packaged with > Mandrake 9.1): > > mozilla-1.3-1mdk > mozilla-mail-1.3-1mdk > > Regards, > > Mathieu. I haven't done this myself. I just pasted those instructions in case they helped. What is more, I may have introduced some confusion between importing mail and contacts. Sorry. Richard -- "Get up and turn I loose" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] importing contacts into Evolution?
On 13 Sep 2003 06:40:23 +0700, Merlin Zener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 2003-09-13 at 05:41, RichardA wrote: > > [...snip] > > > > Is the directory in your path (almost certainly, use the full path), > > and is the script executable? (use ls -l). > > > > I'm sorry I don't know. > I've only really been using Linux for a week or two; I did install it > quite a while back but have done nothing with it until recently. > I searched for "path" on my system and found two files but they seem > to refer to a program called "gconf". This is a basic install of > Mandrake 9.0, using whatever defaults it suggested at the time. > How/where is the "path" defined in Mandrake? The path is a list of directories the system looks in to find the command you call. Do "echo $PATH" to see it. Or give the full path to the command. > ls -l in the /usr/bin directory scrolls off the end of the page, and > even scrolling back up doesn't go as far as files beginning with "c", > so I don't know. I looked in 'man ls' but I didn't see any way to make > it just show one screenful of info at a time. You're doing "ls -l /usr/bin". Try "ls -l /usr/bin | less" (that's a pipe symbol). Less is a pager, it takes input and puts it out a page at a time. "q" quits it. > What actually do you mean when you ask "is the script executable"? How > do I find out? Each file has some attributes - owner, group and so on. One of them says whether it can be executed. Your shell shows executable files in green with an asterisk. This is what the 'chmod' stuff below is about. Chmod = change mode. > > And here's something from the web: "The best way to import Outlook > > .pst files into Evolution is to install Mozilla on your Windows > > system and use Mozilla to import the.pst files and then use Mozilla > > to export the mail to mbox format. Evolution can then import these > > mbox files". > > > > yes that's exactly what I did - that's how I got my old mail over from > Outlook into Evolution, one folder at a time. But the contacts don't > come across in .mbx files, which is why I'm asking questions here :) Sorry, didn't realise you were takling about contacts, not mail. > Here are the instructions I am trying to follow: [snip] > > From your Linux/UNIX system, you will then need to convert > > contacts.csv into files that Evolution can understand by you running > > it through the Perl script csv2vcard.pl. The program is normally > > installed with Evolution, but if you don't have it, you can download > > it from the bottom of this page. Put it in your home directory and > > make the it executable by running the command: > > chmod +x ~/cvs2vcard.pl > > > > so I copied the file into my home directory and pasted that command > into the text window, but it gives the following error: > > chmod: failed to get attributes of `/home/merlin/cvs2vcard.pl': No > such file or directory Puzzled. Is the script in /usr/bin or your home? Richard -- "Get up and turn I loose" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] importing contacts into Evolution?
On 13 Sep 2003 03:50:31 +0700, Merlin Zener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm trying to import my contacts from Outlook into Evolution. I've > exported the contacts to a .CSV file and followed the instructions to > convert to file to a vcard file but this is the error I get: > > > bash: csv2vcard.pl: command not found > > > > It happens no matter if I try it as myself or if I su to root. > I can see that the file exists if I search for it using "find files" - > it is sitting in file:/usr/bin. > > Could it be the .pl on the end? > If so, what to do about it - rename the file, or modify the command? > [I pasted it directly off the web page...] Is the directory in your path (almost certainly, use the full path), and is the script executable? (use ls -l). And here's something from the web: "The best way to import Outlook .pst files into Evolution is to install Mozilla on your Windows system and use Mozilla to import the.pst files and then use Mozilla to export the mail to mbox format. Evolution can then import these mbox files". Richard -- "Get up and turn I loose" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] importing contacts into Evolution?
On Thu, 2003-09-11 at 02:13, Merlin Zener wrote: > > [...snip] Hello all, I've been offline for a few days, due to a monumental lack of communication between my domain name registrar, my old web hosting provider, my new web hosting provider, and myself - resulting in my domain name not resolving... [insert appropriate expletives here] Still, I've checked the archives of this list on the mandrake site, and I see there has been no answer to this question; I wonder if maybe someone might like to give me even just a place to start reading about what might be the cause... I'm trying to import my contacts from Outlook into Evolution. I've exported the contacts to a .CSV file and followed the instructions to convert to file to a vcard file but this is the error I get: > bash: csv2vcard.pl: command not found > It happens no matter if I try it as myself or if I su to root. I can see that the file exists if I search for it using "find files" - it is sitting in file:/usr/bin. Could it be the .pl on the end? If so, what to do about it - rename the file, or modify the command? [I pasted it directly off the web page...] TIA for any help:) -- Merlin Zener Piano, Synthesizer Thailand. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
