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)