pilot-foto(1)
NAME
pilot-foto - Palm 'Foto' Image Installer/Remover/Fetcher/Converter
SECTION
pilot-link: Userland conduits
SYNOPSIS
pilot-foto [-p|--port <port>] [--version] [-?|--help] [-q|--quiet]
[--usage] [-d|--delete] [--delete-all] [-i|--install] [-l|--list]
[-f|--fetch] [-F|--fetch-all] [-c|--convert]
DESCRIPTION
This is a palm conduit to fetch, install, or remove, Foto files from a
Palm. It can also convert *.jpg.pdb files that have already been
fetched from the Palm to jpeg files.
Delete all, or named fotos from handheld.
Install one, or many jpeg images to handheld.
List all jpeg files and thumbnails on handheld.
Fetch all jpeg files, or certain ones by name.
Tries to detect if a file really is a jpeg and refuses to install it,
if it is not.
pilot-foto allows you to do multiple operations in one sync. For
instance, delete test.jpg and install test.jpg.
USAGE
pilot-foto -p <port> [options] file
OPTIONS
- pilot-foto options
- -d, --delete
- Delete a jpg file on the handheld
--delete-all- Delete ALL jpg files on the handheld
-i, --install- Install a jpg file
-l, --list- List all photos and thumbnails
-f, --fetch- Fetch files from the Palm
-F, --fetch-all- Fetch ALL jpg files from the Palm
-c, --convert- convert [file].jpg.pdb files to jpg
- Conduit Options
- -p,
--port port - Use device file port to communicate with the Palm handheld. If this is not specified, pilot-foto will look for the $PILOTPORT environment variable. If neither are found or supplied, pilot-foto will print the usage information.
-q,
--quiet- Suppress 'Hit HotSync button' message
-v, --version- Display version of pilot-foto and exit without connecting.
- Help Options
- -h, --help
- Display the help synopsis for pilot-foto and exit without connecting.
--usage- Display a brief usage message and exit without connecting.
EXAMPLES
Examples:
pilot-foto -p /dev/pilot -f pilot-foto -d MyImage.jpg
pilot-foto -i MyImage.jpg
pilot-foto -i *.jpg
pilot-foto -f MyImage
pilot-foto -c MyImage.jpg.pdb
PROBLEMS
Palm has not published their database format for the thumbnails. So,
pilot-foto puts a generic penguin thumbnail for every image uploaded.
Fotos can be accessed by a named list on the handheld as well as the
thumbnails. This has been tried on a couple of handhelds. It is possible that a foreign palm or different model will not like it.
To get a thumbnail image you can copy the jpegs to the memory card. If
you copy them back to the handheld they will have a new thumbnail that
matches the jpeg.
AUTHOR
This manual page was converted to XML by Neil Williams <linux@codehelp.co.uk>
BUGS
If a jpeg is installed with the same name as one already on the palm
you will have 2 thumbnails pointing to the same jpeg. The new jpeg will
overwrite the old jpeg.
If the thumbnail fails to install then the jpeg should be removed. It
is not.
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.