adtool(1)

adtool1

Command-line utility for the addresses framework

Usage

adtool [options] command [parameters]

Overview

adtool is a command-line utility for the Addresses framework for manipulating the address book.

Options

-l

turn on localization of property names

-h

turn off printing of header

Person management commands

people

Show all people (ID and name)

showperson {PERSONID|me}

Show a person's complete record

setme PERSONID

Mark the given person as the 'me' record

exportimage PERSONID FILENAME

Export a person's image

importimage PERSONID FILENAME

Export a person's image

Group management commands

groups

Show toplevel groups

members GROUPID

Display the members of the given group

addmember GROUPID PERSONID

Add a person to a group

delmember GROUPID PERSONID

Remove a person from a group

subgroups SUPERGROUPID

Show a group's subgroups

addgroup [SUPERGROUPID] NAME

Add a group to toplevel or the given supergroup

delgroup [SUPERGROUPID] GROUPID

Remove a group from toplevel or the given supergroup

parentgroups {GROUPID|PERSONID}

Show a record's parent group(s)

General commands

tree

Show a tree view of all members and groups

config

Show the current address book configuration

import FILE [FILE ...]

Merge file(s) with the database. Supported file types: vcf, mfaddr

Releases

5 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 3.1–5.0
  2. 6.0
  3. 13

-l since Debian 13 (Trixie).

-D until Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); -H until Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); -b until Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); -v until Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); -w until Debian 6.0 (Squeeze).

Author

Addresses for GNUstep was written by Bjoern Giesler.

This manual page was written by Hubert Chan for the Debian project (but may be used by others).

From gnustep-addresses-goodies 0.5.0-2 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.