pilot-read-ical(1) PILOT-LINK pilot-read-ical(1)
NAME
pilot-read-ical - Exports the DatebookDB and/or ToDo applications to ical format.
SECTION
pilot-link: Userland conduits
SYNOPSIS
pilot-read-ical [-p|--port <port>] [--version] [-?|--help] [-q|--quiet] [--usage] [-d|--datebook] [-t|--pubtext pubtext] [-f|--file
file]
DESCRIPTION
Note, this is not the same as the iCal calendar format.
pilot-read-ical allows the user to retrieve the contents of the ToDo and Datebook databases on a Palm handheld, and convert their contents
to an Ical calendar.
Note that the calendar file named by filename will be deleted, so do not use your main calendar. Instead, use a separate one for this pur-
pose, and include it in your main calendar.
As pilot-read-ical works by passing a script to ical, the ical application must be in your $PATH.
OPTIONS
pilot-read-ical options
-d, --datebook
Datebook only, no ToDos
-t,
--pubtext pubtext
Replace text of items not started with a bullet with pubtext
-f,
--file file
This is the file in which the ical-formatted data should be saved. Note that this will be deleted, so do not use your primary calendar
file. See DESCRIPTION for details.
Conduit Options
-p, --port port
Use device file <port> to communicate with the Palm handheld. If this is not specified, pilot-read-ical will look for the $PILOTPORT envi-
ronment variable. If neither are found, pilot-read-ical will print the usage information.
-q,
--quiet
Suppress 'Hit HotSync button' message
-v, --version
Display version of pilot-read-ical and exit without connecting.
Help Options
-h, --help.
Display the help synopsis for pilot-read-ical and exit without connecting.
--usage
Display a brief usage message and exit without connecting.
USAGE
The program will connect to a target device, retrieve the ToDo and Datebook databases (ToDoDB.pdb and DatebookDB.pdb respectively), then
instruct ical to write a calendar file based on the retrieved information.
AUTHOR
pilot-read-ical was originally written by Kenneth Albanowski.
This manual page was converted to XML by Neil Williams <linux@codehelp.co.uk>
REPORTING BUGS
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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-link(7)
0.12.5 Copyright 1996-2007 FSF pilot-read-ical(1)