pilot-getrom(1) 						    PILOT-LINK							   pilot-getrom(1)

NAME

       pilot-getrom - Retrieves the ROM image from your Palm device for use in debugging.

SECTION

       pilot-link: Tools

SYNOPSIS

	pilot-getrom  [-p|--port  <port>] [--version] [-?|--help] [--usage] [-q|--quiet] [-t|--token  token] [-s|--sysinfo] [--ram] [--rom] [file-
       name]

DESCRIPTION

	pilot-getrom is used to fetch the ROM from your Palm handheld for use in debugging Palm applications through the use of POSE, the Palm	OS
       Emulator application.

       Note,  because  pilot-getrom  uses the low-level RPC protocol to fetch the ROM image, and the new OS5 devices do not use this protocol, you
       currently cannot fetch an OS5 ROM image using this utility. This will be updated in a future release to handle  fetching  OS5  ROM  images,
       using the debugger protocol.

OPTIONS

   pilot-getrom options
			       -t,
			       --token token

       A ROM token to read (i.e. snum)

			       -s, --sysinfo

       Print SysInfo

			       --ram

       Read RAM

			       --rom

       Read ROM

			       <filename>

       Write  the  ROM image to the file named by <filename>. If this is omitted, the filename will be written out as the rom version name as fol-
       lows: ' pilot-$VERSION.rom  ', where an OS 3.5 image would be written as the filename of 'pilot-3.5.0.rom'.

   Conduit Options
			       -p, --port
			       <port>

       Use device file <port> to communicate with the Palm handheld. If this is not specified, pilot-getrom will look for the $PILOTPORT  environ-
       ment variable. If neither are found or supplied,  pilot-getrom  will print the usage information.

			       -q,
			       --quiet

       Suppress 'Hit HotSync button' message

			       -v, --version

       Display version of pilot-getrom and exit without connecting.

   Help Options
			       -h, --help

       Display the help synopsis for pilot-getrom and exit without connecting.

			       --usage

       Display a brief usage message and exit without connecting.

USAGE

       Connect	to  a target Palm handheld and fetch the ROM for use in debugging Palm applications through the use of POSE, the  Palm OS Emulator
       or with the CoPilot application (deprecated).

LICENSING

	Warning: Please completely back up your Palm before using this program! The developers of pilot-link are not responsible for any data loss
       that may occur from the use of this application.

       Use of this program MAY place you in violation of your license agreement with Palmsource, Inc. or other OEM partners. Please read your Palm
       documentation (specifically the "Software License Agreement") before running this program.

AUTHOR

	pilot-getrom was originally written by Kenneth Albanowski.

       This manual page was converted to XML by Neil Williams <linux@codehelp.co.uk>

BUGS

   Known Bugs
	pilot-getrom does not work with OS5 devices as yet, due to changes in the architecture and design of the Palm HotSync  protocol  and  file
       type changes from m68k to ARM. Other than that, pilot-getrom has no known bugs 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  MER-
       CHANTABILITY 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-getram (1), pilot-link(7).

0.12.5							      Copyright 1996-2007 FSF						   pilot-getrom(1)