pffexport

NAME
pffexport - exports items stored in a Personal Folder File (OST, PAB and PST)

SYNOPSIS
pffexport [-c codepage] [-f format] [-l logfile] [-m mode] [-t target] [-dhqvV] source

DESCRIPTION
pffexport 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 access 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, windows-874, windows-932, windows-936, windows-949, windows-950, windows-1250, windows-1251, windows-1252 (default), windows-1253, windows-1254, windows-1255, windows-1256, windows-1257 or windows-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. 'recovered' 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 output -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: https://github.com/libyal/libpff/

AUTHOR
These man pages were written by Joachim Metz.

COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2008-2023, 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 ALSO
pffinfo(1)