---
name: "otl2pdb"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "vim-vimoutliner"
version: "0.3.4+pristine-9.3"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/otl2pdb"
---

# otl2pdb(1)

converts vimoutliner outline to AddressDB Palm file.

## NAME

otl2pdb - converts vimoutliner outline to AddressDB Palm file.

## SYNOPSIS

**otl2pdb** \[*filename*\]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **otl2pdb** Perl script.

**otl2pdb** is a [**perl**(1)](/perl/1.md) script that takes an outline from **vimoutliner**(1) with contact information and creates an AddressDB.pdb file for a Palm.

For now this script can only create a .pdb file. You then have to use a syncing tool to load it into your Palm. I recommend the *pilot-link* package for linux.

The format of the contact outline is the following:

    $category\
         $record\_name\
             c:$cell\
             a:$address\
             ....

You can have as many categories and records(entries) as you want. The following are valid fields for a record with the necessary text to indicate them in quotes:

    'a:'-address\
     'c:'-cell\
     'e:'-email\
     'h:'-home phone\
     'n:'-note\
     'web:'-website\
     'w:'-work phone

Also, each record's category is left as 'Unfiled' as I can't get the record's category to write correctly.

## SEE ALSO

[**vim**(1)](/vim/1.md), [**perl**(1)](/perl/1.md)

## REQUIREMENTS

This program uses the **Palm::Address** perl module, which is available on **CPAN.**

## TIPS

If using the pilot-link package:

    \-load the pdb with 'pilot-xfer -i AddressDB.pdb'\
     \-specify the serial port if other than /dev/pilot (which will usually be the case\
     unless you link to it) with -p in the above command; usually this is /dev/ttyS0 in linux

## AUTHOR

The original version was written by Gabriel Walker \<cldwalker@chwhat.com\>.

If you like using perl, linux, vim and databases to make your life easier (not lazier ;) check out my website at http://www.chwhat.com. ⟨http://www.chwhat.com⟩

This manual page was written by Matej Cepl \<matej@ceplovi.cz\> (using [**perldoc**(1)](/perldoc/1.md) part of the documented script), for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).