install-todos(1)

install-todos1

Updates the palm todo list with entries from a local file.

Usage

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

Section

pilot-link: Conduits

Overview

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.

Examples

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

Releases

5 releases since Debian 2.1 (Slink); the text changed 3 times.

  1. 2.1
  2. 2.2–3.0
  3. 3.1
  4. 4.0

--filename since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); --help since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); --port since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); --quiet since Debian 4.0 (Etch); --usage since Debian 4.0 (Etch); --version since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); -f since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); -h since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); -p since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); -q since Debian 4.0 (Etch); -v since Debian 3.1 (Sarge).

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 <[email protected]>

Reporting bugs

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

From pilot-link 0.12.1-5 in Debian 4.0 (Etch). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.