+vcf_escape(){
+ for each in "$@"; do
+ printf %s\\n "$each" \
+ | sed -E ':X;$!{N;bX}; s;\r\n;\n;g; s;([;,\\]);\\\1;g; s;\n;\\n;g;'
+ done \
+ | sed -E ':X;$!{N;bX}; s;\n;\;;g'
+}
+
+IFS='|' read -r date fn ln bday bmonth byear tel tcell junk1 email junk2 note <<-EOF
+ $(POST seed |tr \\t \|)
+ EOF
+
+[ ${#byear} = 1 ] && byear="200$byear"
+[ ${#byear} = 2 ] && byear="20$byear"
+[ ${#bmonth} = 1 ] && bmonth="0$bmonth"
+[ ${#bday} = 1 ] && bday="0$bday"
+
+mn=""
+case $fn in
+ *\ *)
+ mn="${fn#* }"
+ fn="${fn%% *}"
+ ;;
+esac
+