Is there an app to convert XML address book file to LDIF?

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alienjeff
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Is there an app to convert XML address book file to LDIF?

#1 Post by alienjeff »

I've found myself in a bit of a bind converting from Sylpheed to Thunderbird as my email client. Importing my existing address book is the problem, as Sylpheed uses XML format and Thunderbird's import only does LDIF, *.tab, *.csv or *.txt.

Particulars: Sylpheed v2.2.7 ---> Thunderbird v2.0.0.9

Any of the resident brainiacs here care to educate me? Thanks in advance (I hope, I hope, I hope ...).
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#2 Post by Everitt »

I haven't seen an XML contact list, and I haven't used thunderbird in a long time, but I do know the basics of CSV.

Surely they're both just text files, so wouldn't a bash script be more than enough. I don't know of anything to do it, but I can't see any reason you shouldn't be able to parse the XML and spew it out in csv format.

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