Re: [Evolution] Extract a list of names and birthdays & anniversaries out of Evolution

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Hi Milan
Thanks a lot! The tool also works on Ubuntu 14.04, although it is in a slightly different folder, command 
example:
/usr/lib/evolution/3.10/evolution-addressbook-export --format=csv –output=/home/.../mycontacts.csv 

The format csv is surely easier to process than vcf.

A question from a programming layman: Why is the option to export to csv not included in the GUI of 
evolution? Could this be added in a future version?
I think the csv-format is more common today.

Cheers, Dan

-----Original Message-----
From: Milan Crha <mcrha redhat com>
To: evolution-list <evolution-list gnome org>
Sent: Mon, Jul 27, 2015 1:56 pm
Subject: Re: [Evolution] Extract a list of names and birthdays & anniversaries out of Evolution

On Fri, 2015-07-24 at 10:59 -0400, Dan wrote:
> Does
anybody know how to extract a list of names and birthdays &
> anniversaries out
of
> Evolution?
> I tried to export the address book as vcf and then convert
it in a 
> list, but did not succeed.

        Hi,
the vCard format gives you all
details stored in the address book and
used by the evolution, though the second
step of converting the vCards
into something usable can be an
obstacle.

There is a tool application
  
/usr/libexec/evolution/evolution-addressbook-export
which allows to export to
vCard and to CSV. Use --help to get the
options. The CSV format should contain
the birthday and anniversary
dates. You will still need to post-process the
output, though it might
be easier than with the vCard
format.
        Bye,
        Milan