---
name: "romeo"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "romeo"
version: "0.5.0-9"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/romeo"
---

# romeo(1)

read and modify Palm ROMs

## NAME

romeo - read and modify Palm ROMs

## SYNOPSIS

**romeo** \[*OPTION*\]... *IMAGE*

## DESCRIPTION

Read or modify the IMAGE Palm ROM.

### Modal Options:

- **-a**, **--assemble** \<version\>...

  Assemble a new ROM from the given set of PRC

- **--create** \<version\>...

  database files (specified using the **-l** and/or **-s** suboption).  The ROM \<version\> may optionally be specified.

-

  Non-Modal Suboptions for **-a**\|--assemble:create:

- **-R**, **--rom** \<file\>

  Read in a rom and modify it instead of creating a new one

- **-s**, **--small** \<file\>...

  Include a small ROM composed of the given PRC files.  The size of the small ROM may be specified using the option modifier.  e.g. '-l:\<size\>' or '--small:\<size\>'.

- **-l**, **--large** \<file\>...

  Include a large ROM composed of the given PRC files.  The size of the large ROM may be specified using the option modifier.  e.g. '-l:\<size\>' or '--large:\<size\>'.

- **-f**, **--format\_small** \<format\>

  Generate the small ROM with the given format string

- **-F**, **--format\_big** \<format\>

  Generate the big ROM with the given format string

- **-o**, **--output** \<file\>

  Output the generated ROM image to the given \<file\>.

- **-p**, **--PRC**

  Read and interpret the given PRC/database image.

- **-r**, **--RAM**

  Read and interpret the given RAM image (not fully implemented)

- **-v**, **--view**

  View the given ROM image.

-

  Non-Modal Suboptions for **-v**\|--view:

- **-l**, **--large**

  View information about the large ROM.

- **-s**, **--small**

  View information about the small ROM.

- **-x**, **--extractPRCs**

  Extract all PRC/databases from the provided image \<file\>.

-

  Non-Modal Suboptions for **-x**\|--extractPRCs:

- **-l**, **--large** \[\<type.ctor\>...\]

  Extract PRC/databases from the large ROM. If 1 or more \<type.ctor\> is provided, only extract PRC/databases which have a \<type.ctor\> in the provided list

- **-s**, **--small** \[\<type.ctor\>...\]

  Extract PRC/databases from the small ROM. If 1 or more \<type.ctor\> is provided, only extract PRC/databases which have a \<type.ctor\> in the provided list

### Global Options:

- **-i**, **--input** \[\<image\>...\]

  Image(s) to process

- **-c**, **--showChunks**

  Show all memory chunks

- **-d**, **--showPRC**

  List all PRC/databases within the image

- **-D**, **--showPRCDetail**

  Show the details of all PRC/databases within the image.  This option also accepts an option modifier which specifies the level of detail desired:

- **-D**:1

  is the same as '-d',

- **-D**:2

  will show the records/resources within a database,

- **-D**:3

  will display records/resources interpret the records/resources which are currently understood, dumping all others as RAW bytes,

- **-D**:4

  is the same as '-D:3' with a little more record/resource detail.

- **-D**:5

  will dump all records/resources as RAW bytes.

-

  The default is '-D:2'.

- **-h**, **--showHeap**

  Show the heap list and all heap headers

- **-H**, **--showHeadersOnly**

  Show the card and storage headers only

- **--headersOnly**

  ...

- **-N**, **--showNV**

  Show the System NV parameters (from the storage header)

- **-V**, **--Verbose**

  Verbose output (equivalent to '-NDch')

- \-?, **--help**

  This help/usage message.

- **--version**

  Show version information.

### Available PalmOS versions are:

- 3\.50, 3.30, 3.25, 3.10, 3.0, 2.0, 1.0

  ## AUTHOR

Written by Monica Chew and Rob Johnson.

This  manual  page  was  written  by Shaun Jackman \<sjackman@debian.org\> for the Debian system.

## REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs to Monica Chew \<mmc@cs.berkeley.edu\>.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2001 Monica Chew and Rob Johnson

This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

## SEE ALSO

http://romeo.sf.net