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📇 Synchronize calendars and contacts.
https://vdirsyncer.pimutils.org/
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Question/Feature request: Change file names #979

Closed fdw closed 2 years ago

fdw commented 2 years ago

I'm using vdirsyncer also as a tool to backup calendars and vcards. While it works fine for that, the results are not ideal: I have folders full of cryptically names events or people. Would it be possible to define the file name (for example "title" or "date")? Or is that a bad idea for some reason that I can't see yet?

WhyNotHugo commented 2 years ago

The names match UIDs (unique identifiers), and they're the only property guaranteed to be unique. Titles or dates may not be unique.

Generally, it's not expected that people interact with these files directly, but rather use a tool like khal or todoman.

If you do want to look through backups, I suggest using a search tool like ag.

fdw commented 2 years ago

That makes sense. Thank you very much! 🙂