Manual Reference Pages  - install-todos (1)

NAME

install-todo - Updates the Palm ToDo list with entries from a local file.

CONTENTS

Section
Synopsis
Description
Options
Usage
Example
Author
Copyright

SECTION

pilot-link: Userland Conduits

SYNOPSIS

install-todos [-p|--port <port>] [--version] [-q|--quiet] [-?|--help] [--usage] [-f|--filename STRING]

DESCRIPTION

install-todos allows the user to update the Palm ToDo list with entries from a local file.

The format of this file is a simple line-by-line ToDo task entry. For each new line in the local file, a new task is created in the ToDo database on the Palm.

OPTIONS

    INSTALL-TODOS OPTIONS

-f, --filename filename
A local filename containing the ToDo entry text.

    CONDUIT OPTIONS

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

-q, --quiet

Suppress ’Hit HotSync button’ message

-v, --version

Display version of install-todo and exit without connecting.

    HELP OPTIONS

-h, --help
Display the help synopsis for install-todos and exit without connecting.

--usage

Display a brief usage message and exit without connecting.

USAGE

The program will connect to a target Palm handheld, and creates the ToDo entry to the Palm ToDo application, using the specified file.

EXAMPLE

-p /dev/pilot -f $HOME/MyTodoList.txt

AUTHOR

install-todo was originally written by Martin Fick, based on code in install-todos by Robert A. Kaplan.

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 install-todos (1) Copyright 1996-2005 FSF
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