BBDB::Export 0.012

BBDB::Export is a Perl module to export data from The Insidious Big Brother Database.

SYNOPSIS

use BBDB::Export;

# export to LDIF
my $exporter = BBDB::Export::LDIF->new(
{
bbdb_file => "/path/to/.bbdb",
output_file => "export.ldif",
dc => "dc=geekfarm, dc=org",
}
);
$exporter->export();

# sync with ldap via ldapadd and ldapdelete
my $exporter = BBDB::Export::LDAP->new(
{
bbdb_file => "/path/to/.bbdb",
output_file => "/tmp/tempfile",
dc => "dc=geekfarm, dc=org",
ldappass => "supersecret",
}
);

$exporter->export();

# export to vcards
my $exporter = BBDB::Export::vCard->new(
{
bbdb_file => "/path/to/.bbdb",
output_dir => "/some/path/",
}
);

$exporter->export();

# create .mail_aliases
my $exporter = BBDB::Export::MailAliases->new(
{
bbdb_file => "/path/to/.bbdb",
output_file => ".mail_aliases",
}
);

$exporter->export();

This module was designed to export to your bbdb data to a wide array of formats, and also to make it easy to write new modules to export to new formats. Current export options include building an LDIF, vCard, or .mail_aliases, and automatically updating an ldap server.
For a fully functional command line converter, see the bbdb-export script that comes with this module.

BBDB::Export should not be used directly. Use any of the available subclasses using the examples above. For more examples of using BBDB::Export, see the test cases.