ParseException trying to import .ics

[shideg]

Hello, I'm trying to import ics files, and I'm attempting a little experiment. I issued the following command to export a calendar from zimbra:

curl http://zimbraold.saintmarys.edu/zimbra/user/hideg/calendar > test.ics

Then I try to re-import the calendar with this command:

curl -u hideg:<passwd> --data-binary ./test.ics http://zimbraold.saintmarys.edu/zimbra/user/hideg/calendar?fmt=ics

as shown on the Wiki's User Migration page.

When I do this, I get the following exception:

javax.servlet.ServletException: parse error: Caught ParseException parsing calendar: net.fortuna.ical4j.data.ParserException: Expected [BEGIN], read [./test.ics] at line 1
./test.ics

It seems as though zimbra can't even import its own exported calendars.

Has anybody encountered this error? Any ideas how to avoid this problem?
Is this a known bug? etc.

Thanks.

--Steve Hideg
Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN

[dkarp]

Originally Posted by shideg

curl -u hideg:<passwd> --data-binary ./test.ics http://zimbraold.saintmarys.edu/zimb...lendar?fmt=ics

I think you need a leading @ on your filename.

If you start the data with the letter @, the rest should be a file name to read the data from, or - if you want curl to read the data from stdin. The contents of the file must already be url-encoded. Multiple files can also be specified. Posting data from a file named 'foobar' would thus be done with --data @foobar".

[shideg]

Originally Posted by dkarp

I think you need a leading @ on your filename.

Thanks!

I glossed right over the @ character on the Wiki page.
Sometimes user errors are the easy ones to fix.

Thanks for the help.

--Steve