Re: corrupt database?

Roy Sigurd Karlsbakk <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.db.metakit
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> 4) open the newly created "saved.txt" file, i.e. double-click it
>    (make the TextEdit window as wide as you can, preferably)

there's no such editor like vi
TextEdit sucks :)

> With a bit (a lot!) of luck, you may be able to see entries from your 
> address book.  If not, then I don't see an easy way to recover things 
> - it may not be possible at all in fact.  If you do see entries, then 
> my suggestion would be to contact Apple since in that case the 
> datafile itself is still readable (I have no knowledge or involvement 
> in the AddressBook itself).

grr.
I got more info about it from 'strings AddressBook.data.previous'
but then, the tables are stored (name table)garbage(number 
table)garbage etc

so I can prolly find the format somehow, some day...

thanks anyway

roy

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