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Don't modify this, modify the source. .de Sh \" Subsection .br .if t .Sp .ne 5 .PP \fB\\$1\fR .PP .. .de Sp \" Vertical space (when we can't use .PP) .if t .sp .5v .if n .sp .. .de Ip \" List item .br .ie \\n(.$>=3 .ne \\$3 .el .ne 3 .IP "\\$1" \\$2 .. .TH "pilot-addresses" 1 "Copyright 1996-2007 FSF" "0.12.5" "PILOT-LINK" .SH NAME pilot-addresses \- Read and write address book databases to and from a Palm handheld. .SH "SECTION" .PP pilot\-link: Userland conduits .SH "LOCATION" .PP \&./src .SH "SYNOPSIS" .PP \fIpilot\-addresses\fR [\fB\-p\fR|\fB\-\-port\fR <\fBport\fR>] [\fB\-\-version\fR] [\fB\-?\fR|\fB\-\-help\fR] [\fB\-\-usage\fR] [\fB\-q\fR|\fB\-\-quiet\fR] [\fB\-\-delete\-all\fR] [\fB\-t\fR|\fB\-\-delimiter\fR \fBINT\fR] [\fB\-d\fR|\fB\-\-delete\-category\fR \fB category \fR ] [\fB\-c\fR|\fB\-\-category\fR \fBcategory\fR] [\fB\-a\fR|\fB\-\-augment\fR] [\fB\-r\fR|\fB\-\-read\fR \fIfile\fR] [\fB\-w\fR|\fB\-\-write\fR \fI file \fR ] [\fB\-C\fR|\fB\-\-human\-readable\fR] .SH "DESCRIPTION" .PP \fIpilot\-addresses\fR allows the user to read all entries from a Palm handheld such as those made by \fIPalm\fR, \fIHandspring\fR, \fIHandera\fR, \fITRGPro\fR, \fISony\fR or other Palm handheld in the Palm Address Book application, write new entries into the database, and delete a category or delete all entries in the database\&. .SH "COMMANDS" .PP Provide exactly one of \-\-read or \-\-write\&. \fB\-r\fR, \fB\-\-read\fR=<\fIfile\fR> .PP Reads records from <\fIfile\fR> and install them to the Palm Address Book application\&. (Use the \fB\-w\fR <\fIfile\fR> option to get a sample "template file" for input records to see how the fields are laid out)\&. \fB\-w\fR, \-\-write=\fIfile\fR .PP Reads all address book records from the Palm Address Book application and writes them into \fI file \fR .SH "OPTIONS" .SS "pilot-addresses options" \fB\-a\fR, \fB\-\-augment\fR .PP Augments fields in address book records with additional information\&. The augmented information is placed before and separated from the field with a semi\-colon, (;)\&. .PP Augmented information can include any of the following below\&. .PP \fBcategory\fR # Placed in front of each record or\&.\&. .PP Placed in front of each phone number field: .PP ["Work"|"Home"|"Fax"|"Other"|"E\-mail"|"Main"|"Pager"|"Mobile"] .PP Empty fields are not augmented\&. \fB\-c\fR, \fB\-\-category\fR=\fBcategory\fR .PP Install records to category \fBcategory\fR by default\&. Normally \fIpilot\-addresses\fR uses the \fIUnfiled\fR category by default\&. This option is overridden by the category specified in the record with the \fB \-a \fR option\&. \fB\-d\fR, \fB\-\-delete\-category\fR .PP Delete all records in the specified category \fBcategory\fR before installing new records\&. .PP Note that the long name of this option has changed since 0\&.11\&.8 \fB\-D\fR, \fB\-\-delete\-all\fR .PP Delete all address book records in all categories\&. Obviously, be \fIvery\fR careful with this one\&. .PP Note that the long name of this option has changed since 0\&.11\&.8 \fB\-t\fR, \fB\-\-delimiter\fR \fBINT\fR .PP Include category in each record, use the delimiter specified to separate all fields of a record\&. Delimiters are specified as follows: 3=tab, 2=;, 1=,\&. This overrides the default delimiter of comma between fields and semi\-colon between a field's augmented information\&. (Please note that this may generate confusing results when used with the \fB\-a\fR option\&.) .PP Note that the long name of this option has changed since 0\&.11\&.8 \fB\-T\fR, \fB\-\-titles\fR .PP Obsolete\&. This option has been removed since 0\&.11\&.8 \fB\-C\fR|\fB\-\-human\-readable\fR .PP Write generic human\-readable output instead of CSV\&. .SS "Conduit Options" \fB\-p\fR, \fB\-\-port\fR <\fIport\fR> .PP Use device file <\fIport\fR> to communicate with the Palm handheld\&. If this is not specified, \fIpilot\-addresses\fR will look for the \fI $PILOTPORT \fR environment variable\&. If neither are found or supplied, \fIpilot\-addresses\fR will print the usage information\&. \fB\-q\fR, \fB\-\-quiet\fR .PP Suppress 'Hit HotSync button' message \fB\-v\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR .PP Display version of \fIpilot\-addresses\fR and exit without connecting\&. .SS "Help Options" \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR .PP Display the help synopsis for \fIpilot\-addresses\fR and exit without connecting\&. \fB\-\-usage\fR .PP Display a brief usage message and exit without connecting\&. .SH "USAGE" .PP The program will connect to the Palm handheld, and perform the requested read or write operation specified by the user\&. .SH "EXAMPLES" .PP To write all address records in a Palm to the file addrbook\&.csv: .PP \fIpilot\-addresses\fR \fB\-w\fR \fIaddrbook\&.csv\fR .PP or .PP \fIpilot\-addresses\fR \fB\-p\fR \fI/dev/pilot\fR \fB\-w\fR \fIaddrbook\&.csv\fR .PP To read the address book records in the file addrbook\&.csv and install them onto the Palm: .PP \fIpilot\-addresses\fR \fB\-r\fR \fIaddrbook\&.csv\fR .PP To read the address book records in the file addrbook\&.csv and place them into the Palm address book database category \fISpecial\fR after first deleting all current records in the \fI Special \fR category on the palm: .PP \fIpilot\-addresses\fR \fB\-c\fR \fBSpecial\fR \fB\-d\fR \fBSpecial\fR \fB\-r\fR \fIaddrbook\&.csv\fR .SH "AUTHOR" .PP \fIpilot\-addresses\fR originally written by Kenneth Albanowski, this manual page was originally written by Robert Wittig and later updated by David A\&. Desrosiers and Neil Williams \&. .SH "REPORTING BUGS" .PP We have an online bug tracker\&. Using this is the only way to ensure that your bugs are recorded and that we can track them until they are resolved or closed\&. Reporting bugs via email, while easy, is not very useful in terms of accountability\&. Please point your browser to http://bugs\&.pilot\-link\&.org: \fIhttp://bugs.pilot-link.org\fR and report your bugs and issues there\&. .SH "COPYRIGHT" .PP 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\&. .PP 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\&. .PP 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\&. .SH "SEE ALSO" .PP \fIpilot\-link\fR(7)