Convert Windows Address Book To LDIF
As pointed out in my previous post, I try to convert some Windows stuff to files I can use in Ubuntu.
This time I am going to show you how to convert the Windows Address Book (*.wab) to LDIF format (which can be imported by Thunderbird).
First of all you need to download a little tool called libwab
wget http://lilith.tec-man.com/libwab/files/libwab-060901.tar.gz
and extract it
tar xfvz libwab-060901.tar.gzchange into the directory and configure it
cd libwab-060901 ./configure
and finally compile it
makethen you can use it by typing
./wabread /path/to/MyAdressBook.wab > /path/to/MyAdressBook.ldif
Enjoy!
January 25th, 2012 at 14:37
Hello,
as lilith.tec-man.com seems to be out of order by now, i’de googled libwab for linux but i can’t find it! Please if you read this can you send me the libwab tar.gz by mail ?
thanks for your tipps, verry nice
Pierre;Dell C610;Ubuntu 11.10
January 25th, 2012 at 15:24
Hi Pierre
I could not locate the file on my actual machine. Maybe you could ask sloaring@gmail.com (owner of filewut.com) where we could get the file. Please inform me if you’ve got some news.
Best regards, Simon
January 25th, 2012 at 15:32
Hi Pierre
I’ve just found a possible solution to get the file: http://web.archive.org/web/20070317035651/http://lilith.tec-man.com/libwab/files/libwab-060901.tar.gz
I used the WayBackMachine from http://www.archive.org/
Sometimes this tool is very helpful to get information (and files) of sites no longer on the Internet.
Best regards,
Simon