pilot-file1
Dump application and header information from your local prc/pdb files.
Usage
pilot-file [{-p | --port
<port>}]
[--version]
[{-q | --quiet}]
[{-? | --help}]
[--usage]
[{-H | --header}]
[{-a | --appinfo}]
[{-s | --sortinfo}]
[{-l | --list}]
[{-r | --record
STRING}]
[{-f | --to-file}]
[{-d | --dump}]
filename ...
Section
pilot-link: Tools
Overview
pilot-file is used to Dump application and header information from your local PRC/PDB files.
pilot-file does not connect to your Palm.
Options
pilot-file options
-H, --header
Dump the header of the database(s)
-a, --appinfo
Dump app_info segment of the database(s)
-s, --sortinfo
Dump sort_info block of database(s)
-l, --list
List all records in the database(s)
-r, --record STRING
Dump a record by index ('code0') or uid ('1234')
-f, --to-file
Same as above but also dump records to files
-d, --dump
Dump all data and all records, very verbose
Conduit Options
-p, --port lt;port>
Use device file <port> to communicate with the Palm handheld. If this is not specified, pilot-file will look for the $PILOTPORT environment variable. If neither are found or supplied, pilot-file will print the usage information.
-q,
--quiet
Suppress 'Hit HotSync button' message
-v, --version
Display version of pilot-file and exit without connecting.
Help Options
-h, --help
Display the help synopsis for pilot-file and exit without connecting.
--usage
Display a brief usage message and exit without connecting.
Examples
To list all records in the Foo database:
pilot-file -l Foo.prc
To dump the header and appinfo segment of the Bar database:
pilot-file -H -a Bar.pdb
Releases
11 releases since Debian 2.1 (Slink); the text changed 5 times.
--appinfo until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
--dump until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
--dump-rec until Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
--dump-res until Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
--header until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
--help until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
--list until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
--port until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
--quiet until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
--record until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
--sortinfo until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
--to-file until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
--usage until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
--version until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
-D until Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
-H until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
-R until Debian 3.1 (Sarge);
-a until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
-d until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
-f until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
-h until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
-l until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
-p until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
-q until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
-r until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
-s until Debian 4.0 (Etch);
-v until Debian 4.0 (Etch).