I'm having a similar problem: I want to copy an address book from one system (running an older version of evolution) to the current Ubuntu-based evolution. I tried this, in the hope that the exporter would look in the current directory (It would be nicer, I think, if I could merely point the exporter at a directory):
mount olddiskblah /mnt # mount old system with old evolution files. cd /mnt/home/me addressbook-export --format=csv --output=book.csv I got the same failure that Andrew reports below. It would also be VERY nice if I could import multiple (and let ME pick them!) saved mail files at once, and have them MERGED with any extant files of the same name, rather than overwriting them. Importing one file at a time is unpleasant. So, two questions: - how can I get a copy of my address book copied into my new system? - Is there any hope on the import merge-and-multiple-files front? Thanks. Robert andrewlgreig wrote: > > Hi, > > Caleb Marcus wrote: >>I just googled it, which I know I should have done before I posted to >>the list, and found that I can use the evolution-addressbook-export >>--forrmat=csv command to do it... but it seems to segfault after the >>first contact is exported. >>On Tue, 2007-11-06 at 20:55 -0500, Caleb Marcus wrote: > >>> Now that I've got my contacts all set up on Evolution, I'd like to >>> import them into my Gmail account. However, Evolution only seems to >>> be able to export VCard files, and Gmail requires a CSV. Without >>> importing and re-exporting it with something that supports both (like >>> Thunderbird) can I export my contacts as a CSV file to use with >>>Gmail? > > I have been following this because achieving a csv file of my > address-book is a desirable outcome. > > I tried this with Evolution open, closed and force-shutdown. Here is the > output: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > andrew]# /usr/lib/evolution/2.12/evolution-addressbook-export > --format=csv > contacts.csv > > (evolution-addressbook-export:5032): GLib-CRITICAL **: g_strv_length: > assertion `str_array != NULL' failed > > (evolution-addressbook-export:5032): evolution-addressbook-tools-WARNING > **: Couldn't load addressbook NULL > [EMAIL PROTECTED] andrew]# > > The contacts.csv file is created in the working directory but of course > it is empty. > Permission denied to run as user. > > What have I missed? > > Thanks > > -- > Andrew Greig > Community Distributor > OpenOffice.org > Melbourne, Australia > > _______________________________________________ > Evolution-list mailing list > Evolution-list@gnome.org > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Contact-CSV-export-tf4762232.html#a13774818 Sent from the Gnome Evolution - General mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ Evolution-list mailing list Evolution-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
