pilot-schlep(1) PILOT-LINK pilot-schlep(1)
NAME
pilot-schlep - Pack an arbitrary file and install it on your Palm or unpack a file from your Palm.
SECTION
pilot-link: Userland conduits
SYNOPSIS
pilot-schlep [-p|--port<port>] [--version] [-?|--help] [--usage] [-q|--quiet] [-i|--install file] [-f|--fetch file] [-d|--delete]
DESCRIPTION
Currently the stored name and file type is not queried so you can potentially install a PDF file, and retrieve it as a ZIP file.
You must take care to remember what type of file you are installing and fetching. This will be updated in a later release to handle this
type of capability, as well as handle multiple 'Schlep' files.
OPTIONS
pilot-schlep options
-i, --install
file
Pack and install file to your Palm -f, --fetch
file
Unpack the file from your Palm device -d, --delete
Delete the packaged file from your Palm device
Conduit Options
-p, --port
port
Use device file port to communicate with the Palm handheld. If this is not specified, pilot-schlep will look for the $PILOTPORT environment
variable. If neither are found or supplied, pilot-schlep will print the usage information. -q, --quiet
Suppress 'Hit HotSync button' message -v, --version
Display version of pilot-schlep.
Help Options
-h, --help
Display the help synopsis for pilot-schlep. --usage
Display a brief usage message and exit without connecting.
EXAMPLES
To package up and store a file for later retrieval on your Palm:
pilot-schlep -p /dev/pilot -i InstallThis.zip
To unpack a file that has been stored on your Palm with pilot-schlep:
pilot-schlep -p /dev/pilot -f RetrieveThis.pdfc
Please notice that you must use redirection to Install or Fetch files using pilot-schlep.
Currently the stored name and file type is not queried so you can potentially Install a PDF file, and retrieve it as a ZIP file.
You must take care to remember what type of file you are installing and fetching. This will be updated in a later release to handle this
type of capability, as well as handle multiple 'Schlep' files.
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Neil Williams <linux@codehelp.co.uk>
REPORTING BUGS
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: http://bugs.pilot-link.org and report your bugs and issues there.
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 MER-
CHANTABILITY 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
pilot-link(7)
0.12.5 Copyright 1996-2007 FSF pilot-schlep(1)