NAME
pilot-read-todos - Synchronize your Palm ToDo application’s database
with your desktop machine.
SECTION
pilot-link: Userland conduits
SYNOPSIS
pilot-read-todos [-p|--port <port>] [-q|--quiet] [-A|--archived]
[-w|--write]
pilot-read-todos [-f|--file file] [-A|--archived] [-w|--write]
pilot-read-todos [--version] [-?|--help] [--usage]
DESCRIPTION
pilot-read-todos will read the ToDo database on the Palm handheld, or
read the ToDoDB.pdb file directly from disk on your desktop machine,
and print the contents to STDOUT (generally the screen).
Use only one of --port or --file.
OPTIONS
pilot-read-todos option
-f, --file file
Read a local todo database file from disk for printing. Excludes
--port.
-A, --archived
Write archived entries only, in human-readable format
-w, --write
Write output - every operation must include a write command.
Conduit Options
-p, --port port
Use device file <port> to communicate with the Palm handheld device. If
this is not specified, pilot-read-todos will look for the $PILOTPORT
environment variable. If neither are found or supplied,
pilot-read-todos will print the usage information.
Excludes --file.
-q,
--quiet
Suppress ’Hit HotSync button’ message
-v, --version
Display version of pilot-read-todos and exit without connecting.
Help Options
-h, --help
Display the help synopsis for pilot-read-todos and exit without
connecting.
--usage
Display a brief usage message and exit without connecting.
USAGE
Connect to a target Palm handheld and read the ToDo database, or read
the ToDoDB.pdb file from disk and print the entries found to STDOUT.
EXAMPLES
Read the on-Palm ToDo database, and dump to STDOUT.
pilot-read-todos -w -p /dev/pilot
Read the ToDoDB.pdb file on disk, and dump to STDOUT
pilot-read-todos -w -f ToDoDB.pdb
AUTHOR
pilot-read-todos was originally written by Kenneth Albanowski
BUGS
Known Bugs
pilot-read-todos does not support Notes attached to ToDo items at this
time.
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
install-todo (1), install-todos (1), pilot-link(7)