From: Brian Inglis <Brian.Inglis@SystematicSw.ab.ca>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: How to convert Android contacts2.db to a Vcard .vcf file?
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2021 12:16:44 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4b627bac-f546-5c08-6fb8-6ea9e1dfd16b@SystematicSw.ab.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <DB6PR03MB3013DA14572084F45EB25642A4A29@DB6PR03MB3013.eurprd03.prod.outlook.com>
On 2021-09-22 09:40, Fergus Daly via Cygwin wrote:
> To try to do this I have followed the hints at
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKX6R0-EPC4
Which Android version or how old is the video?
> and therefore
> 1. installed sqlite and libsqlite-dev
> 2. Downloaded dump-contacts2db.sh from https://github.com/stachre/dump-contacts2db/
> 3. FAILED to turn this script into an executable using chmod +x
Download Raw rendering and move from Downloads or wherever to your local
personal bin directory then "chmod -v a+rx dump-contacts2db.sh".
> and therefore
> 4. failed to achieve the one-line command
> $ dump-contacts2db.sh contacts2.db > contacts.vcf
> Can anybody help with item 3 or offer an entirely different / better / easier method to achieve the conversion?
Learn enough sqlite to list tables, and columns in tables, to check if
that matches with the script columns and assumptions, and perform the
query yourself in the utility, to check or customize the script for your
own needs.
BTDT: wasn't too hard, interesting, or useful; promptly forgot all about
everything!
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Take care. Thanks, Brian Inglis, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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2021-09-22 15:40 Fergus Daly
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2021-09-28 8:51 ` Andrey Repin
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