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pilot-read-notepad

pilot-read-notepad(1)						    PILOT-LINK						     pilot-read-notepad(1)

NAME

       pilot-read-notepad - List the record information found in the Palm Notepad

SECTION

       pilot-link: Userland conduits

SYNOPSIS

	pilot-read-notepad [-p|--port <port>] [-q|--quiet] [--version] [-?|--help] [--usage] [-l|--list] [-t|--type  ppm|png]

DESCRIPTION

       Connect	to  the  Palm  handheld and list the record information found in the Palm Notepad application (found on OS4 and newer devices). If
       --type is specified, each record's image will be converted to files, using Portable Network Graphic (.png) or Portable Pixmap  (.ppm)  for-
       mat.

	pilot-read-notepad  allows a user running PalmOS 4.0 or later to read the data stored in the Palm Notepad application and extract the data
       into images and convert them to Portable Network Graphics (.png) or Portable Pixmap (.ppm) files.

OPTIONS

   pilot-read-notepad options
			       -l, --list

       List picture information found on the device instead of converting them to image files.

			       -t,
			       --type type

       Specify the output picture type. Can be either "png" or "ppm".

   Conduit Options
			       -p, --port port

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

			       -q,
			       --quiet

       Suppress 'Hit HotSync button' message

			       -v, --version

       Display version of pilot-read-notepad and exit without connecting.

   Help Options
			       -h, --help

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

			       --usage

       Display a brief usage message and exit without connecting.

USAGE

       The  program  will connect to the target Palm handheld, and list or convert the records and images found in the Palm Notepad application to
       Portable Network Graphic (.png) or Portable Pixmap (.ppm) files.

AUTHOR

	pilot-read-notepad was originally written by Angus Ainslie <angusa@deltatee.com>.

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

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-link(7)

0.12.5							      Copyright 1996-2007 FSF					     pilot-read-notepad(1)

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