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</ul>
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<h3>Features</h3>
<ul>
  <li>Configurable attribute mapping
  <li>Simple methods for moving entries between backend databases.
  <li>Entries can be <a href=AddressBook.html#sync>synchronized</a> between backend 
databases of different types.
  <li>Attributes can be calculated "on the fly" (e.g. based on other attributes).
</ul>
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<h3>Requirements</h3>
<p>The following perl library modules are required:
<ul>
  <li>XML::DOM
  <li>Date::Manip
</ul>
<p>In addition, different backend drivers have different requirements.  See the appropriate 
<a href=#backend_doc>backend module documentation</a>.
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<h3>Installation</h3>
<p>The latest version can be found <a href=ftp://perl-abook.sourceforge.net/pub/perl-abook/AddressBook-0.16.tar.gz>here</a>.
<ol>
  <li>download and unpack
  <li><b>perl Makefile.PL</b>
  <li><b>make</b>
  <li><b>make test</b>
  <li><b>make install</b>
</ol>
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<h3>Documentation</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href=AddressBook.html>AddressBook</a> - The base AddressBook object
<li><a href=AddressBook/Entry.html>AddressBook::Entry</a> - An AddressBook Entry
<li><a href=AddressBook/Config.html>AddressBook::Config</a> - The AddressBook configuration object.
Also configuration file information.
</ul>
<p>See also the man pages for the <a href=#backend_doc>different backend databases</a>.
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<h3>Examples</h3>
<p>The following sample files are provided in the examples directory. 
<font color=red>Note:  It is highly recommended that you back up your addressbook database 
before running one of these scripts.</font>
<table>
  <tr><td>ldap-abook.conf<td>A sample configuration file which is used by all of the sample scripts
  <tr><td>abook.palm<td>A PalmOS conduit which synchronizes a palm pilot with an LDAP database.
  <tr><td>SyncAbook<td>Same as abook.palm, but written as a <a href=http://www.moshpit.org/>PilotManager</a> 
conduit.
  <tr><td>phonelist.cgi<td>A cgi script which will generate a list of names and phone numbers from
an LDAP database.
</table>
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<h3>See Also</h3>
<p>The <a href=http://ldap-abook.sourceforge.net>LDAP-Abook Project</a> is a full-featured
CGI interface, designed to work with an LDAP backend addressbook database.  LDAP-Abook is based
on the perl-abook library.
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<p><i>Last updated 1/14/2001</i>
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