help on zmmailbox --file args

[indu]

how can i creat contacts in the contact group for a user in bulk .
canthe zmmailbox --file args help on it?

[schemers]

Just type: "help contact" while in zmmailbox and you'll get a list like:

  createContact(cct)           [opts] [attr1 value1 [attr2 value2...]]
    -i/--ignore                  ignore unknown contact attrs
    -f/--folder <arg>            folder-path-or-id
    -T/--tags <arg>              list of tag ids/names

  deleteContact(dct)           {contact-ids}

  flagContact(fct)             {contact-ids} [0|1*]

  getAllContacts(gact)         [opts] [attr1 [attr2...]]
    -f/--folder <arg>            folder-path-or-id
    -v/--verbose                 verbose output

  getContacts(gct)             [opts] {contact-ids} [attr1 [attr2...]]
    -v/--verbose                 verbose output

  modifyContactAttrs(mcta)     [opts] {contact-id} [attr1 value1 [attr2 value2...]]
    -i/--ignore                  ignore unknown contact attrs
    -r/--replace                 replace contact (default is to merge)

  moveContact(mct)             {contact-ids} {dest-folder-path}

  tagContact(tct)              {contact-ids} {tag-name} [0|1*]

The command you are looking for is "createContact", as in:

 createContact email foo@bar.com firstName Mark lastName Smith

In order to easily see all the various attribute names, I'd recommend fully populating a sample contact, then use "getAllContacts" to dump out the contacts and you'll see all the attributes.

For example, you'll see something like this:

Id: 282
Folder: /Contacts
Date: 12/20/07 19:15
Revision: 27
Attrs:
  workPhone: (408) 123-4567
  email: markmack@example.zimbra.com
  workURL: http://www.example.zimbra.com
  firstName: Mark
  workCountry: US
  workState: CA
  company: Zimbra
  lastName: Mack
  ...

[indu]

thanks ..
sending

[schemers]

Still not completely following, but to use --file you just need to put all the createContact commands in a file, one per line, and then pass that file name as the argument to "--file".

zmmailbox -z -m {email-address} -f ./commands

[indu]

Thanks for the support...contact group=personal distribution list i mean...(i think might be better)

1.This file has to be in csv.

2.The command cct -f/Contacts fileAs 8:<group contact name> dlist user@domain,user2@domain

will be fine to be in the file?
3.if there is 50+users still have to have them typed or can it be passed..

[schemers]

No, the file isn't CSV. The file for "--file" is a series of zmmailbox commands, one per line.

For a contact group/pdl you'l need:

cct type group nickname friends fileAs 8:friends dlist "user@domain,user2@domain"

where you'd replace "friends" with the name of the group.

Note you can also you zmmailbox to import a bunch of contacts in CSV format.

That command is "postRestURL":

postRestURL contacts  /some/file/contacts.csv

You can also use:

getRestURL contacts

to dump out the contacts folder in CSV.

[indu]

Thanks for the prompt reply...
The cct command i had tried was also creating the contact group.


the format dlist "user@domain,user2@domain"
can i import 100+contacts from a csv file into the dlist instaed