pilot-file - Dump application and header information from your local PRC/PDB files.
NAME SECTION SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION OPTIONS pilot-file options Conduit Options Help Options EXAMPLES AUTHOR REPORTING BUGS COPYRIGHT SEE ALSONAME
pilot-file − Dump application and header information from your local PRC/PDB files.
SECTION
pilot−link: Tools
SYNOPSIS
pilot−file [−p|−−port <port>] [−−version] [−q|−−quiet] [−?|−−help] [−−usage] [−H|−−header] [−a|−−appinfo] [−s|−−sortinfo] [−l|−−list] [−r|−−record STRING] [−f|−−to−file] [−d|−−dump] filename ...
DESCRIPTION
pilot−file is used to Dump application and header information from your local PRC/PDB files.
pilot−file does not connect to your Palm.
OPTIONS
pilot-file options
<variablelist><varlistentry><term>
−H, −−header
</term><listitem>
Dump the header
of the database(s)
</listitem></varlistentry><varlistentry><term>
−a, −−appinfo
</term><listitem>
Dump app_info
segment of the database(s)
</listitem></varlistentry><varlistentry><term>
−s, −−sortinfo
</term><listitem>
Dump sort_info
block of database(s)
</listitem></varlistentry><varlistentry><term>
−l, −−list
</term><listitem>
List all records
in the database(s)
</listitem></varlistentry><varlistentry><term>
−r, −−record STRING
</term><listitem>
Dump a record by
index (’code0’) or uid (’1234’)
</listitem></varlistentry><varlistentry><term>
−f, −−to−file
</term><listitem>
Same as above
but also dump records to files
</listitem></varlistentry><varlistentry><term>
−d, −−dump
</term><listitem>
Dump all data and all records, very verbose </listitem></varlistentry></variablelist>
Conduit Options
<variablelist><varlistentry><term>
−p, −−port lt;port>
</term><listitem>
Use device file
<port> to communicate with the Palm handheld.
If this is not specified, pilot−file will look
for the $PILOTPORT environment variable. If neither
are found or supplied, pilot−file will print
the usage information.
</listitem></varlistentry><varlistentry><term>
−q,
−−quiet
</term><listitem>
Suppress
’Hit HotSync button’ message
</listitem></varlistentry><varlistentry><term>
−v, −−version
</term><listitem>
Display version of pilot−file and exit without connecting. </listitem></varlistentry></variablelist>
Help Options
<variablelist><varlistentry><term>
−h, −−help
</term><listitem>
Display the help
synopsis for pilot−file and exit without
connecting.
</listitem></varlistentry><varlistentry><term>
−−usage
</term><listitem>
Display a brief usage message and exit without connecting. </listitem></varlistentry></variablelist>
EXAMPLES
To list all records in the Foo database: <blockquote>
pilot−file −l Foo.prc </blockquote>
To dump the header and appinfo segment of the Bar database: <blockquote>
pilot−file −H −a Bar.pdb </blockquote>
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Neil Williams <[email protected]>
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
pilot−link(7).