Hi there!

Does anybody knows what format are in .db files from:
/home/user/.osso-abook/

Those .db files contain all contacts information, but they are not sqlite databases as el.db file with sms messages for example. How can I change those files from command line (add/edit/remove contacts)?

Those are Berkeley-db (also known as sleepycat, or BDB) database files, if memory serves well.

I don't know (yet) if easy-to-use program exist that can interact with those files, but I believe so, since they are so widespread, someone has probably already wrote something

Addendum:
By the way, you are not supposed to interact directly with those files...you should instead use the API provided for that.

Thank you. But my goal is to manage contacts from command line. I'll google for Berkeley-DB client for linux.

I know subversion stores their files in berkley DB format.

That may be a good place to start.