NAME
read-todos - Syncronize your Palm ToDo application's database with your desktop machine.
SECTION
pilot-link: Conduits
SYNOPSIS
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]
DESCRIPTION
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
- -f, --file file
-
Read a local todo database file from disk for printing. Excludes --port.
- -A, --archived
-
Write archived entries only, in human-readable format
- -w, --write
-
Write output - every operation must include a write command.
Conduit Options
- -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.
- -q, --quiet
-
Suppress 'Hit HotSync button' message
- -v, --version
-
Display version of read-todos and exit without connecting.
Help Options
- -h, --help
-
Display the help synopsis for read-todos and exit without connecting.
- --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
AUTHOR
read-todos was originally written by Kenneth Albanowski
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., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
SEE ALSO
install-todo (1), install-todos (1), pilot-link(7)