pilot-read-todos(1)
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)