NAME
pilot-read-expenses - Export Palm Expense application data in a text
format.
SECTION
pilot-link: Userland conduits
SYNOPSIS
pilot-read-expenses [-p|--port <port>] [-q|--quiet] [--version]
[-?|--help] [--usage] [-w|--write]
DESCRIPTION
pilot-read-expenses is used to output the Expense data in a simple
text format, which can be used to import into any other application you
wish, such as Excel or other application.
If you have expense entries saved on your Palm in the ExpenseDB.pdb
file, you can export them to a simple text format, and redirect that to
a file/pipe, or STDOUT (the default) using pilot-read-expenses.
The output data will resemble something like the following:
Category: Unfiled Type: 5 Payment: 7 Currency: 23 Amount: 400.00 Vendor: Super Salads City: Westerly
Attendees: Joe, Mary, Bob Note: Some simple note text Date: Fri May 9 00:00:00 2004
OPTIONS
pilot-read-expenses option
-w, --write
Write out the expense data
Conduit Options
-p, --port port
Use device file <port> to communicate with the Palm handheld. If this
is not specified, pilot-read-expenses will look for the $PILOTPORT
environment variable. If neither are found or supplied,
pilot-read-expenses will print the usage information.
-q,
--quiet
Suppress ’Hit HotSync button’ message
-v, --version
Display version of pilot-read-expenses and exit without connecting.
Help Options
-h, --help
Display the help synopsis for pilot-read-expenses and exit without
connecting.
--usage
Display a brief usage message and exit without connecting.
AUTHOR
pilot-read-expenses was originally written by Kenneth Albanowski.
This manual page was converted to XML by Neil Williams
<linux@codehelp.co.uk>
REPORTING BUGS
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SEE ALSO
pilot-link(7)
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
install-expenses (1), pilot-link(7).