pffexport LOCAL pffexportNAMEpffexport — exports items stored in a Personal Folder File (OST, PAB and
PST)
SYNOPSISpffexport [-c codepage] [-f format] [-l logfile] [-m mode] [-t target]
[-dhqvV] source
DESCRIPTIONpffexport is a utility to export items stored in a Personal Folder File
(OST, PAB and PST)
pffexport is part of the libpff package. libpff is a library to support
the Personal Folder File (OST, PAB and PST) format
source is the source file.
The options are as follows:
-c codepage
specify the codepage of ASCII strings, options: ascii, win‐
dows-1250, windows-1251, windows-1252 (default), windows-1253,
windows-1254, windows-1255, windows-1256, windows-1257 or win‐
dows-1258
-d dumps the item values in a separate file: ItemValues.txt
-f format
specify the preferred output format, options: all, html, rtf,
text (default)
-h shows this help
-l logfile
specify the file in which to log information about the exported
items
-m mode
export mode, option: all, debug, items (default), recovered.
'all' exports the (allocated) items, orphan and recovered items.
'debug' exports all the (allocated) items, also those outside the
the root folder. 'items' exports the (allocated) items. 'recov‐
ered' exports the orphan and recovered items.
-q quiet shows minimal status information
-t target
specify the basename of the target directory to export to
(default is the source filename) pffexport will add the following
suffixes to the basename: .export, .orphans, .recovered
-v verbose output to stderr
-V print version
ENVIRONMENT
None
FILES
None
EXAMPLES
# pffexport file.pst
pffexport 20110107
Opening file.
Exporting items.
Exporting folder item 1 out of 4.
...
Exporting e-mail item 17 out of 115.
Exporting attachment 1 out of 3.
Exporting attachment 2 out of 3.
Exporting attachment 3 out of 3.
Exporting e-mail item 18 out of 115.
...
Exporting folder item 4 out of 4.
Export completed.
DIAGNOSTICS
Errors, verbose and debug output are printed to stderr when verbose out‐
put -v is enabled. Verbose and debug output are only printed when
enabled at compilation.
BUGS
Please report bugs of any kind to <joachim.metz@gmail.com> or on the
project website: http://code.google.com/p/libpff/
AUTHOR
These man pages were written by Joachim Metz.
COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2008-2012 Joachim Metz <joachim.metz@gmail.com>. This is free
software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty;
not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
SEE ALSOpffinfo(1)libpff July 29, 2012 libpff