Re: How to write a phone number ?

[Reiner Steib]

On Thu, Feb 05 2004, Pawel Kot wrote:

> On Tue, 3 Feb 2004, Hadmut Danisch wrote:
[...]
>> Is there a description of the raw format available? I need to
>> generate it from within a script.
>
> It's simple,
> <name>;<number>;<memory_type>;<entry_location>;<caller_group>;<subenty_no>;<subentry_text>;...
> Sunentries are optional. You are not allowed to use ';' inside the fields.

I agree with Hadmut that the format should be documented in the man
page.  I also asked this on the list (in
<news:address@hidden>) two weeks ago and
received no answer.  How about the attached patch?

A related issue: Why are the entry locations in gnokii and xgnokii
different?  It would be nice to use the same file for both programs.

Bye, Reiner.

--- gnokii.1.~1.20.~    Tue Feb  3 16:29:52 2004
+++ gnokii.1    Thu Feb  5 23:55:22 2004
@@ -203,6 +203,25 @@
 reads data from stdin and writes to phonebook
 When \-i option is used, refuses to overwrite existing entries.
 Uses the same format as provided by the output of the getphonebook command.
+.PP
+The format is very simple.  Each line represents one entry.  Fields are
+separated by semicolons.  Semicolons aren't allowed inside a field.  The
+fields have to be in this order (the subentries are optional):
+.IP "" .5i
+name
+.IP "" .5i
+number
+.IP "" .5i
+memory_type
+.IP "" .5i
+entry_location
+.IP "" .5i
+caller_group
+.IP "" .5i
+subenty_no
+.IP "" .5i
+subentry_text
+.PP
 
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 .TP 

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