read-todos1
Syncronize your palm todo application's database with your desktop machine.
Usage
read-todos [{-p | --port
<port>}]
[{-q | --quiet}]
[{-A | --archived}]
[{-w | --write}]
read-todos [{-f | --file
file}]
[{-A | --archived}]
[{-w | --write}]
read-todos [--version]
[{-? | --help}]
[--usage]
Section
pilot-link: Conduits
Overview
read-todos will read the ToDo database on the Palm handheld, or read the ToDoDB.pdb file directly from disk on your desktop machine, and print the contents to STDOUT (generally the screen).
Use only one of --port or --file.
Options
read-todos option
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-f, --file file -
Read a local todo database file from disk for printing. Excludes --port.
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-A, --archived -
Write archived entries only, in human-readable format
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-w, --write -
Write output - every operation must include a write command.
Conduit Options
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-p, --port port -
Use device file <port> to communicate with the Palm handheld device. If this is not specified, read-todos will look for the $PILOTPORT environment variable. If neither are found or supplied, read-todos will print the usage information.
Excludes --file.
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-q, --quiet -
Suppress 'Hit HotSync button' message
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-v, --version -
Display version of read-todos and exit without connecting.
Help Options
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-h, --help -
Display the help synopsis for read-todos and exit without connecting.
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--usage -
Display a brief usage message and exit without connecting.
Usage
Connect to a target Palm handheld and read the ToDo database, or read the ToDoDB.pdb file from disk and print the entries found to STDOUT.
Examples
Read the on-Palm ToDo database, and dump to STDOUT.
read-todos -w -p /dev/pilot
Read the ToDoDB.pdb file on disk, and dump to STDOUT
read-todos -w -f ToDoDB.pdb
Releases
5 releases since Debian 2.1 (Slink); the text changed 3 times.
--archived since Debian 4.0 (Etch);
--file 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);
--write since Debian 4.0 (Etch);
-A since Debian 4.0 (Etch);
-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);
-w since Debian 4.0 (Etch).