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Man page of PST2LDIF

PST2LDIF

Section: (1)
Updated: 2009-06-06
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NAME

pst2ldif - extract contacts from a MS Outlook .pst file in .ldif format

SYNOPSIS

pst2ldif [-V] [-b ldap-base] [-c class] [-d debug-file] [-l extra-line] [-o] [-h] pstfilename

OPTIONS

-V: Show program version. Subsequent options are then ignored.
-b ldap-base: Sets the ldap base value used in the dn records. You probably want to use something like "o=organization, c=US".
-c class: Sets the objectClass values for the contact items. This class needs to be defined in the schema used by your LDAP server, and at a minimum it must contain the ldap attributes given below. This option may be specified multiple times to generate entries with multiple object classes.
-d debug-file: Specify name of debug log file. The log file is now an ascii file, instead of the binary file used in previous versions.
-l extra-line: Specify an extra line to be added to each ldap entry. This option may be specified multiple times to add multiple lines to each ldap entry.
-o: Use the old ldap schema, rather than the default new ldap schema. The old schema generates multiple postalAddress attributes for a single entry. The new schema generates a single postalAddress (and homePostalAddress when available) attribute with $ delimiters as specified in RFC4517. Using the old schema also generates two extra leading entries, one for "dn:ldap base", and one for "dn: cn=root, ldap base".
-h: Show summary of options. Subsequent options are then ignored.

DESCRIPTION

pst2ldif reads the contact information from a MS Outlook .pst file and produces a .ldif file that may be used to import those contacts into an LDAP database. The following ldap attributes are generated for the old ldap schema: cn givenName sn personalTitle company mail postalAddress l st postalCode c homePhone telephoneNumber facsimileTelephoneNumber mobile description The following attributes are generated for the new ldap schema: cn givenName sn title o mail postalAddress homePostalAddress l st postalCode c homePhone telephoneNumber facsimileTelephoneNumber mobile description labeledURI

COPYRIGHT

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; see the file COPYING. If not, please write to the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

VERSION

0.6.41

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Time: 07:34:21 GMT, September 13, 2011

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