01-08-2009
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Originally Posted by
ddreggors
For anyone that praises Ubuntu... you should take a look at Mandriva 2008 spring or if you like KDE 4 then Mandriva 2009.
A lot of people, including myself, are not interested in Linux GUIs or the Linux Desktop, since we use Linux as a server and use the command line.
Hence, a great desktop is not a very strong argument for many folks.
This is why we have a rule not to bash other operating systems. One person might think a GUI is the most important thing. Another person might think that a large user base in the most important. Another person might have yet another requirements, and so on.
So, please post your favorite, but do not put down other distributions. Thank you.
Neo
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LEARN ABOUT DEBIAN
addresstool
ADDRESSTOOL(1) General Commands Manual ADDRESSTOOL(1)
NAME
ADDRESSTOOL - Command-line utility for the Addresses framework
SYNOPSIS
addresstool [options] command [parameters]
DESCRIPTION
addresstool is a command-line utility for the Addresses framework for manipulating the address book
Note: addresstool is named adtool in the upstream distribution, but was renamed in Debian to avoid conflicting with the adtool package.
OPTIONS
-l turn on localization of property names
-h turn off printing of header
PERSON MANAGEMENT COMMANDS
people Show all people (ID and name)
showperson {PERSONID|me}
Show a person's complete record
setme PERSONID
Mark the given person as the 'me' record
exportimage PERSONID FILENAME
Export a person's image
importimage PERSONID FILENAME
Export a person's image
GROUP MANAGEMENT COMMANDS
groups Show toplevel groups
members GROUPID
Display the members of the given group
addmember GROUPID PERSONID
Add a person to a group
delmember GROUPID PERSONID
Remove a person from a group
subgroups SUPERGROUPID
Show a group's subgroups
addgroup [SUPERGROUPID] NAME
Add a group to toplevel or the given supergroup
delgroup [SUPERGROUPID] GROUPID
Remove a group from toplevel or the given supergroup
parentgroups {GROUPID|PERSONID}
Show a record's parent group(s)
GENERAL COMMANDS
tree Show a tree view of all members and groups
config Show the current address book configuration
import FILE [FILE ...]
Merge file(s) with the database. Supported file types: vcf, mfaddr
SEE ALSO
http://giesler.biz/bjoern/English/Software.html
http://www.gnustep.org/
AUTHOR
Addresses for GNUstep was written by Bjoern Giesler.
This manual page was written by Hubert Chan for the Debian project (but may be used by others).
November 16, 2006 ADDRESSTOOL(1)