read-notepad1
List the record information found in the palm notepad
Usage
read-notepad [{-p | --port
<port>}]
[{-q | --quiet}]
[--version]
[{-? | --help}]
[--usage]
[{-l | --list}]
[{-t | --type
ppm | png}]
Section
pilot-link: Conduits
Overview
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) format.
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
read-notepad options
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-l, --list -
List picture information found on the device instead of converting them to image files.
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-t, --type type -
Specify the output picture type. Can be either "png" or "ppm".
Conduit Options
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-p, --port port -
Use device file <port> to communicate with the Palm handheld. If this is not specified, read-notepad will look for the $PILOTPORT environment variable. If neither are found or supplied, read-notepad will print the usage information.
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-q, --quiet -
Suppress 'Hit HotSync button' message
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-v, --version -
Display version of read-notepad and exit without connecting.
Help Options
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-h, --help -
Display the help synopsis for read-notepad and exit without connecting.
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--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.
Releases
2 releases since Debian 3.1 (Sarge); the text changed 1 time.
--quiet since Debian 4.0 (Etch);
--usage since Debian 4.0 (Etch);
-q since Debian 4.0 (Etch).