Re: [Evolution] LDIF and CSV import anomaly

[Onyeibo Oku <twohotis gmail com>]

> From: Milan Crha <mcrha redhat com>
> To: evolution-list gnome org

> On Sun, 2011-04-03 at 23:19 +0100, Onyeibo Oku wrote:
> > VCARDS import well ... but there's usually one vcard file per
> contact
> > and Evolution imports from a single file at a time.  That's a lot of
> > work for an address book of hundred people++.  I suspect Evolution
> > expects values/headers in a specific order.  Details of Such
> > specification or requirement will be of interest.  Then I could
> create a
> > python script to reorder the CSV values accordingly.
>
>         Hi,
> what is your evolution version, please? Mine has -i or --import to
> invoke import from command line for a given uri. I think it's there
> since 2.32.0 (mine is 3.0.0). You will be provided with a preview of
> the
> content to be imported, so you can easily see how are file columns
> mapped into vCard properties when you change cvs format type.
>
> With respect of multi-contact import, The easiest is to join multiple
> cvs/ldif files into one and import it, then invoking the same command
> for multiple times.
>         Bye,
>         Milan 

Evolution Version = 2.91.92
cvs/ldif files produce a truncated importation ... Evolution Drops the
first and Last names and uses 'Screen Name'.  Where did you get
3.0.0? ... can't find that in Fedora Repos.