Manual Reference Pages  - pilot-schlep (1)

NAME

pilot-schlep - Package up any arbitrary file and sync it to your Palm device.

CONTENTS

Section
Synopsis
Description
Options
Examples
Author
Copyright

SECTION

pilot-link: Userland Conduits

SYNOPSIS

pilot-schlep [-p|--port <port>] [--version] [-q|--quiet] [-?|--help] [--usage] [-i|--install file] [-f|--fetch file] [-d|--delete]

DESCRIPTION

Currently the stored name and file type is not queried so you can potentially Install a PDF file, and retrieve it as a ZIP file.

You must take care to remember what type of file you are installing and fetching. This will be updated in a later release to handle this type of capability, as well as handle multiple ’Schlep’ files.

OPTIONS

    PILOT-SCHLEP OPTIONS

-i, --install file
Pack and install file to your Palm

-f, --fetch file

Unpack the file from your Palm device

-d, --delete

Delete the packaged file from your Palm device

    CONDUIT OPTIONS

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

-q, --quiet

Suppress ’Hit HotSync button’ message

-v, --version

Display version of pilot-schlep.

    HELP OPTIONS

-h, --help
Display the help synopsis for pilot-schlep.

--usage

Display a brief usage message and exit without connecting.

EXAMPLES

To package up and store a file for later retrieval on your Palm:

pilot-schlep -p /dev/pilot -i InstallThis.zip

To unpack a file that has been stored on your Palm with pilot-schlep:

pilot-schlep -p /dev/pilot -f RetrieveThis.pdf

Please notice that you must use redirection to Install or Fetch files using pilot-schlep.

Currently the stored name and file type is not queried so you can potentially Install a PDF file, and retrieve it as a ZIP file.

You must take care to remember what type of file you are installing and fetching. This will be updated in a later release to handle this type of capability, as well as handle multiple ’Schlep’ files.

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Neil Williams linux@codehelp.co.uk

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs at: http://bugs.pilot-link.org

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., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA

SEE ALSO

pilot-link(7)


pilot-link 0.12.0-pre4 pilot-schlep (1) Copyright 1996-2005 FSF
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