install-todos(1)

NAME

install-todos - Updates the Palm ToDo list with entries

from a local file.

SECTION

pilot-link: Conduits

SYNOPSIS

install-todos  [-p|--port <port>] [--version] [-?|--help]
[--usage] [-q|--quiet] [-f|--filename  STRING]

DESCRIPTION

install-todos allows the user to update the Palm ToDo

list with entries from a local file.

The format of this file is a simple line-by-line ToDo task

entry. For each new line in the local file, a new task is created

in the ToDo database on the Palm.

OPTIONS

install-todos options

-f, --filename filename

A local filename containing the ToDo entry text.

Conduit Options

-p, --port <port>

Use device file <port> to communicate with the Palm

handheld. If this is not specified, install-todos will look for

the $PILOTPORT environment variable. If neither are found or sup

plied, install-todos will print the usage information.

-q, --quiet

Suppress 'Hit HotSync button' message

-v, --version

Display version of install-todo and exit without

connecting.

Help Options

-h, --help

Display the help synopsis for install-todos and ex

it without connecting.

--usage

Display a brief usage message and exit without con

necting.

USAGE

The program will connect to a target Palm handheld, and

creates the ToDo entry to the Palm ToDo application, using the

specified file.

EXAMPLE

-p /dev/pilot -f $HOME/MyTodoList.txt

AUTHOR

install-todo was originally written by Martin Fick, based

on code in install-todos by Robert A. Kaplan.

This manual page was written by Neil Williams <linux@code

help.co.uk>

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs at: http://bugs.pilot-link.org

COPYRIGHT

This program is free software; you can redistribute it

and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public Li

cense as published by the Free Software Foundation; either ver

sion 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 war

ranty 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 Soft

ware Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA

02110-1301, USA.

SEE ALSO

pilot-link(7).

0.12.1 Copyright 1996-2005 FSF in

stall-todos(1)