NAME
pilot-file - Dump application and header information from your local
PRC/PDB files.
SECTION
pilot-link: Tools
SYNOPSIS
pilot-file [-p|--port <port>] [--version] [-q|--quiet] [-?|--help]
[--usage] [-H|--header] [-a|--appinfo] [-s|--sortinfo] [-l|--list]
[-r|--record STRING] [-f|--to-file] [-d|--dump] filename ...
DESCRIPTION
pilot-file is used to Dump application and header information from
your local PRC/PDB files.
pilot-file does not connect to your Palm.
OPTIONS
pilot-file options
-H, --header
Dump the header of the database(s)
-a, --appinfo
Dump app_info segment of the database(s)
-s, --sortinfo
Dump sort_info block of database(s)
-l, --list
List all records in the database(s)
-r, --record STRING
Dump a record by index (’code0’) or uid (’1234’)
-f, --to-file
Same as above but also dump records to files
-d, --dump
Dump all data and all records, very verbose
Conduit Options
-p, --port lt;port>
Use device file <port> to communicate with the Palm handheld. If this
is not specified, pilot-file will look for the $PILOTPORT environment
variable. If neither are found or supplied, pilot-file will print the
usage information.
-q,
--quiet
Suppress ’Hit HotSync button’ message
-v, --version
Display version of pilot-file and exit without connecting.
Help Options
-h, --help
Display the help synopsis for pilot-file and exit without connecting.
--usage
Display a brief usage message and exit without connecting.
EXAMPLES
To list all records in the Foo database:
pilot-file -l Foo.prc
To dump the header and appinfo segment of the Bar database:
pilot-file -H -a Bar.pdb
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Neil Williams <linux@codehelp.co.uk>
REPORTING BUGS
We have an online bug tracker. Using this is the only way to ensure
that your bugs are recorded and that we can track them until they are
resolved or closed. Reporting bugs via email, while easy, is not very
useful in terms of accountability. Please point your browser to
http://bugs.pilot-link.org: http://bugs.pilot-link.org and report your
bugs and issues there.
COPYRIGHT
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your
option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
SEE ALSO
pilot-link(7).