---
name: "pycardsyncer"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "pycarddav"
version: "0.7.0-1"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/pycardsyncer"
---

# pycardsyncer(1)

synchronizes CardDAV resources to local db

## NAME

pycardsyncer - synchronizes CardDAV resources to local db

## SYNOPSIS

**pycardsyncer** \[*OPTIONS*\]

## DESCRIPTION

[pycardsyncer(1)](/pycardsyncer/1.md) synchronizes remote CardDAV resources to a local database that can then be queried and modified with [pc\_query(1)](/pc_query/1.md).

## OPTIONS

- **-a, --account**=*NAME*

  Sync only the account/resource *NAME* (this option can be used more than once).

- **-c, --config**=*CONFIG*

  Use the configuration file *CONFIG*, otherwise pycardsyncer will look in *$HOME/.pycard/* and *$HOME/.config/pycard/* for files named *pycard.conf*.

- **--debug**

  This option enables debugging output.

- **-h, --help**

  Print a small help text and exit.

- **-v, --version**

  Print pycardsyncer’s version number and exit.

## AUTHOR

pycardsyncer was mostly written by Christian Geier, with a lot of help by others, see *CONTRIBUTORS.txt* in the pycarddav distribution.

## RESOURCES

Main web site: http://lostpackets.de/pycarddav/ Please report bugs via the contact information at the above web site or via github: http://github.com/geier/khal/.

## SEE ALSO

[pc\_query(1)](/pc_query/1.md), [pycard-import(1)](/pycard-import/1.md)

## COPYING

Copyright (C) 2011-2013 Christian Geier and Contributors. pycardsyncer and pycarddav are released under the terms of the Expat/MIT license, see the *COPYING* file distributed with pycarddav.